Analysis of SKIMMING SOUL



The sight of deceit,
The smell of truth and
The fear of love encompasses the viciousness  of life.
Saddens me to seek truth when our hearts are torn,
Men are hunters of souls,
The truth is bore,
It's our reality.
Death echoes as we speak.


Scheme ABCDEFGH
Poetic Form
Metre 01101 01110 01110100010011 101111110111 111011 0111 11010 110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 238
Words 51
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 185
Words per stanza (avg) 46
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Submitted by Kushi90 on June 06, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Kushi Achi

Kushi Achi Nigerian, ambivert, thoughtful. Daughter of Ish and Prisc, who loves adventure and sports, fears death, loneliness and broken bones. Optimistic about the future. more…

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