Analysis of Tattoos



His tattoos, they always get me,
always draw me back in.
The way the dark lines sweep and
dip and curve and tell a story better
than his words ever could,
it always enchants me.
His inky black hair and dark
eyes always got me too.
I was never particularly fond of
his personality, though.
On the inside, he’s ugly.
Still, even now, there’s a certain
darkness about him, that
pulls me in.


Scheme ABCDEAFGHIAJKB
Poetic Form
Metre 1011111 11110 0101110 1010101010 111101 1111 1101101 11111 1110100011 101001 1001110 11011010 100111 110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 391
Words 80
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 299
Words per stanza (avg) 73
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Written on 2018

Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 04, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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