Analysis of Sinful
Annelies Retzlaff 1995 (United States)
I envied your lips, so stole them from you,
and stored them on a pike of shame,
as the town gathered to witness
the flaying of our name.
They started to scream their protest,
and pulled out what’s within,
as muddled voices demanded
the facing of our sin.
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1101111111 01110111 10110110 011101 1101111 011001 11010010 0101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 258 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
This poem reflects on the guilt and shame the queer community can face as they go through the process of coming out.
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