Analysis of Brown Eyes
My eyes are brown
Yet hers are blue
Mine represent a melted and brewed stew
Hers are a raw unheated goo
for me and you
I’ve always loved my eyes and why not
They’ve allowed me to see the truth unfettered
Between the lines and over the margins untethered
So yes, her eyes are blue
And yes, my eyes are brown
Mine Investigate inform and eliminate.
And turn every unwanted suggestive hand right down
So if there’s a perfect one out there for me
Let them go through the same staid patterns
To Try and try again to let me see
That even though my eyes are brown
I’ve been blessed to see the world in its maze of mesh
I’m so glad my creator didn’t put that paintbrush and stencil down.
Scheme | ABBBBCDCBAEAFGFAHA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 1011 101010011 010111 1101 11111011 10111101010 01010100101 110111 011111 1010010010 01100010010111 11100111111 111101110 1101011111 11011111 111110101111 111101011110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 724 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 537 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 132 |
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