"Color Fortunes" by Terri Witek
No ryhme scheme
No enjambment (each line is a complete sentence)
"Color" or "Colors" appears in every line but #1 and 2, which contain, respectively, the words "green" and "blue"
Addressed to a "you" referred to in 11 lines out of 17
Most of the sentences follow a logic pattern (If this, then that; Because this, then that) and the "if" constructions dominate the poem, appearing 9 times
Sentences tend to work in pairs ("If you color your lips, your words will do battle./ If you color your toes, you'll find directions confusing.", "If you paint lean colors over fat ones [...]/ If you paint fat colors over lean ones [...]."
Only three sentences do not have commas, two of which are the first lines, and the other is line 10. These make up three of 5 assertions without 'logical' cause or support; the other two are the last lines. This makes for structurally different claims at the beginning, end, and (nearly) middle of the poem
Subtle alliteration/assonance throughout ("blue on the bottom", "sex will be excellent", "war will be glorious", "feel further", etc.)
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