Analysis of Scorching pain

Kelley Davies 1983 (Dallas)



Maybe a prick to the skin

Would feel a little better

No one gives a damn

Not a second thought given

To this despairing soul

A trifling matter

Watch him lose

Watch him fall to bits and pieces

Half the man he once was

Watch him evaporate like a fart in smoky air

He's a nothing


Scheme X A X X X A X X X X X
Poetic Form
Metre 1001101 1101010 11101 1010110 110101 01010 111 11111010 101111 110101010101 1010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 314
Words 75
Sentences 1
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 20
Words per stanza (avg) 5
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