Analysis of Chameleon
Walking through time, I practice my browns.
I can do brown.
200 shades.
Once in a while, a long while, I catch a glimpse of color.
Purple, scarlet, a blinding blue;
I flash in return, too brightly,
Out of place against the brown.
Oh, to be in the rainforest,
To blend with the trumpeting flowers,
The lush greens, the flowing rivers of
azure,
The blooms of brazen yellow and red.
Or to proudly walk in front of a Picasso, a Van Gogh, a Monet -
Colors surrounding me, testing me with their brilliance.
Then you would see me shine.
Scheme | ABCDEFBGHIDJKLM |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (33%) |
Metre | 101111011 1111 1 10010111101110 10100101 11001110 1110101 1110010 111010010 011010101 10 011101001 111010110010011001 1001011011110 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 536 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 406 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 99 |
About this poem
I wrote this at a time when I was struggling to fit in with my new job and new community. I felt like I could not fit in if I was myself.
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