Analysis of Sinful



This gaze of truth shows
the lies under the disguise.
I can see
the rats, the snakes, the leeches.
Those around me are
so susceptible to it.

Yet, who am I to judge—
when I’m standing before the jury?

The air I breathe fills
my lungs with ashes;
spreading throughout my body,
it makes me one of them.

Then, a silent storm
with heavy bitter rain
leaving puddles of regret
makes our limbs numb
and fills our minds
with anguish.

In the body, sin is cold,
in the soul, sin burns,

and it perpetuates.


Scheme XXABXX XA XBAC XXXCXX XX X
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 0110001 111 0101010 10111 1010011 111111 111001010 01111 11110 1001110 111111 10101 110101 1010101 11011 01101 110 0010111 00111 01010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 504
Words 110
Sentences 7
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 6, 2, 4, 6, 2, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 64
Words per stanza (avg) 16

About this poem

People do unjust things every day and we judge them. Yet many do not realize that they are no better than those people. The core message of the poem is to show how everyone is sinful, the guilt we feel after committing immoral actions, and how we repeat these actions every day. I hope people can reflect on this poem and that we all need to try to change.

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Written on November 05, 2024

Submitted by iank.23085 on November 10, 2024

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Ian Kim

 · 2008 · Nevada

I grew up in Las Vegas with my parents, younger brother, and two dogs. My hobbies are fencing, drawing, and writing poetry. I like to write poems about society, nature, and reflections. more…

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