Analysis of Chameleon Eyes
Chameleon eyes go from the bluest skies to green at the drop of a hat,
Like they’re tantalized and change their mind depending who they’re looking at.
I knew from the first time you lifted those shades and I caught a gaze
Of those in between sea green and baby blue eyes,
I knew right then, this was it, I was falling in love for the rest of my life.
I’d lose myself in those eyes, my words ceasing to exist,
I go weak at the knees,
Every internal switch flipped.
When those eyes see me and I see that sea green penetrating my soul,
A memory tugs relentlessly, the damn thing just won’t let go.
Reminding me of days of old when I could look in them anytime,
Back when I was yours and you were mine,
Before I had a reason to rhyme.
Before parts of you besides your eyes started to change,
While I stayed loving you in the same place.
I waited and waited for you to come back,
And once you did, it was too late for that.
Now all I have is a book with twenty years worth of lines
About that guy with the blue green eyes.
But late at night when I close mine,
I can’t help what comes to mind.
Flashing before me like a silent film,
Pulling me like a quasar to another realm.
It’s my battle I long ago gave up the fight,
Dreaming night after night about the boy with chameleon eyes.
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Metre | 0100111010111101101 1110011101011101 1110111101101101 110011101011 1111111111001101111 1110111110101 111101 10001011 1111101111110011 0100101000111111 0101111111110110 111110101 011101011 0111101111011 1111010011 11001011111 0111111111 11111011101111 011110111 11111111 1111111 1001110101 101101010101 111011011101 1011010101101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,290 |
Words | 277 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 25 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 40 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 989 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 254 |
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