Analysis of Laughter
Mary Faye Lee 1958 (London)
Loving friends are rare
Always showing they care
Uplifting each other’s spirits
Giggling at jokes when they hear it
Humor sets the tone most days
Trusting hearts always
Expressions of joy in their eyes
Rejoicing about a happy paradise
| Scheme | AABCDDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Acrostic |
| Metre | 10111 11011 1011010 100111111 1010111 1011 01011011 0100101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 236 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 195 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
About this poem
The poem, first published in 2020, is an acrostic about how laughter impacts our lives in significant ways- even in ways that may not be immediately apparent: happy paradise.
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Written on November 30, 2020
Submitted by fayel.85625 on January 20, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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