Analysis of The smiles
When I meet with someone
and exchange smile,
I notice the way of smiling
and store it in my memory file.
When I meet with a man
who is very old.
He throws me smile
Which is without guile.
When I meet with a man
Who is crude.
He throws me smile
Which is very vile.
When I meet with a girl
Who is very beautiful.
If she throws me a smile
I never delete it from my memory file.
But I find the best
when an infant smiles at me.
This smile then
carries me to heaven.
| Scheme | abxb CxBb CxBb xxbb xxxa |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (35%) Etheree (30%) Quatrain (20%) |
| Metre | 11111 0011 11001110 011011001 111101 11101 1111 11011 111101 111 1111 11101 111101 1110100 111101 110011111001 11101 1110111 111 101110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 475 |
| Words | 114 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 71 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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