Analysis of Sound



My shoulders measure no more
than a foot across, left to right.
Your hands wrap around my wrists,
your fingers curling 'round with
length to spare.
You stand a whole head taller
than me, with an ego to match,
and a superiority complex,
if I've ever seen one.
But being smaller than you
doesn't make me anything less.
Being smaller, doesn't  make me
incapable, inferior, or insignificant.

I just take up less space.

You, however have proven
your worth time
and time again with every
remark you make
that belittles someone else
and it's all I can to
keep from saying how much
of a waste of space you are.


Scheme XXXXXXXXABXCX X AXCXXBXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1101011 10101111 1110111 1101011 111 1101110 11111011 000010010 111011 1101011 1011101 10101011 0100010010100 111111 110110 111 01011100 0111 101011 011111 111011 1011111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 604
Words 121
Sentences 7
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 13, 1, 8
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 157
Words per stanza (avg) 37
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Written on 2018

Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 04, 2022

Modified on April 05, 2023

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