Analysis of Photo Filters
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
Tina, what do you see,
Behind that camera lens, what sets you free?
Is it the filters that make your heart sing,
Or the picture-perfect moment it can bring?
You chase the light, you chase the scene,
Wanting to capture everything.
Every angle and every pose,
To keep up with trends and Instagram goals.
But what of the person behind the screen,
The one who smiles when the cameras clean?
Do filters make them more complete,
Or do they mask the truth we seek?
Beauty, oh beauty, such a tricky thing,
To want it all yet forget our being.
We search for glamour, for that perfect shot,
But lose ourselves in the process, let's not forget.
Next time you snap, next time you filter,
Ask yourself, what's the true picture?
For beauty is more than just skin deep,
It's the essence of our soul, that we should keep.
Tina has never truly felt as pretty
As she did before she discovered photo filters.
Scheme | AABB CBXX CCXX BBXX DDEE AX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101111 01110011111 1101011111 10100110111 11011101 1011010 1001001001 11111011 1110100101 0111101001 11011101 11110111 1011010101 11111011010 1111011011 110010011101 111111110 10110110 110111111 101011011111 10110101110 111011010110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 894 |
Words | 188 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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