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
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| 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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