Analysis of A smile



A smile shared between two
Lost to emotions for others
What can I do
I catch your gaze but never lock it
Why look away I see the smile you have just fade
A fear of the past
A promise of no future but you ask me to stay
I promise I will but this pain it does kill
Your smile my cheapest thrill


Scheme ABACDEFGG
Poetic Form
Metre 011011 11010110 1111 111111011 110111011111 01101 0101110111111 11011111111 111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 292
Words 64
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 229
Words per stanza (avg) 64
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Written on April 09, 2018

Submitted by aliester_w on December 07, 2023

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