Analysis of My Skin.
Michael A. Watkins 1965 (san diego)
Please look pass my skin
don't judge by what you see,
use your heart with feeling-
the human-being is me,
I am not the person
that you should hate or fear,
but one who has compassion
to give a listening ear,
call me if you need me
whenever times get rough,
to lift you from your sorrows
in our weakness we are tough,
allow me this one pleasure
to help a friend in need,
or I am only half the man
and selfish in my greed,
my heart is filled with kindness
if you search you'll find within-
give me the chance to show you
by looking pass my skin.
By. Michael A. Watkins.
Scheme | ABXBCXCXBDXDXEXEXAXA X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111 111111 111110 0101011 111010 111111 1111010 1101001 111111 010111 1111110 01010111 0111110 110101 11110101 010011 1111110 1111101 1101111 110111 110010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 547 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 20, 1 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 219 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
About this poem
In a world filled with crimes of hate I would only ask that people be fair to one another.
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