Analysis of Bring the smile back

joanna scott 1967 (Birmingham)



I have missed the feel of love
that would linger in the air
children laughing as they play
and every one used to care

Now days have become so dark
people to scared to say hello
they walk a mile the other way
so their fear just won't show

I miss those smiling faces
we used to pass each day
no one looks at you any more
as they don't know what to say

But will we take a stand
and take our freedom back
to see the smiling faces
now hidden by a mask


Scheme XABA XCBC DBXB XXDX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (75%)
Metre 1110111 1110001 1010111 01001111 1110111 10111101 11010101 111111 1111010 111111 11111101 1111111 111101 0110101 1101010 110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 431
Words 95
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 88
Words per stanza (avg) 24

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Inspired by life

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Written on March 18, 2021

Submitted by Joanna1967 on July 02, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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