This is an analysis of Colors by Shel Silverstein.

My skin is kind of sort of brownish
Pinkish yellowish white.…

Browse poems by Shel Silverstein

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XababaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 110101010 101001 11110101 1011110001 11010101 1010101 110101101 1100101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8