Analysis of imperfect child



Everybody thinks I'm this imperfect child
they try and change me shape me
like a cloud in the sky
call me whatever you want
you can change my outsides
mascara, eyeliner, Perfume
but you can't change my inside
because that is me


Scheme ABCDEFGB
Poetic Form
Metre 1001110101 1101111 101001 111011 111111 0101001 1111101 01111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 227
Words 42
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 182
Words per stanza (avg) 42
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Submitted by aherbean on March 29, 2020

Modified on April 03, 2023

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