Analysis of Smile Missed



For each scar that I carry aren’t the same
I find myself only to blame.
 Screaming inside but not one soul hears,
poisoning my body trying to stop the tears.
 Gave up the one and only thing I adore,
but for him I wanted so much more.
 That smile etched into my mind and soul
years gone by mind taken a toll.
 My mind is my own prison hell,
placed in chains and shackles given no bail.
 Hours I sit and staring off in wonder,
is he like me does he just sit around and ponder?
 Reasons of mine you may not understand,
with these cards he has a better hand.
 Hope held on to, dare I say
to see that smile again one sunny day.


Scheme AABCDDEEFGHHIIJJ
Poetic Form
Metre 11111101001 1111011 100111111 100110101101 11010101101 111110111 111011101 11111001 11111101 1010101011 10110101010 1111111101010 101111101 111110101 1111111 1111011101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 624
Words 138
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 475
Words per stanza (avg) 126

About this poem

This poem is written during a very hard part of my life about a situation I had to make a very hard decision on!! I was so full of guilt and grief and found that writing this helped me release some of that but it will also be something that will serve as a purpose later on in life!

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Written on August 01, 2023

Submitted by jonita_m on December 03, 2023

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