Analysis of Social Chameleon
A social chameleon--
now sparkling turquoise,
now burnt umber,
agreeing, accommodating,
vermilion feasting on seafood with my boyfriend,
bottle-green and gold when eating vegetarian dahl
in my parents' home.
Silver-spangled ivory to pray with my aunt,
and deep, dark navy to discuss Nietzsche and Kant with old friends.
Malcontent and saffron about the overuse of pesticides
for the benefit of the cashier at the Seven Eleven.
Sage green at my students' request
but neither wise
nor young.
Silently beseeching,
mercurial,
lost in the darkest white.
And sometimes no color at all.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJAKLMDNOP |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0100100 11010 111 0100100 0101011111 1010111001001 01101 101010011111 011101011001111 0101001001110 1010010011010010 11111001 1101 11 100010 0100 100101 00111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 562 |
Words | 91 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 468 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 91 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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