Analysis of Take
Take away my smile,
I will still seek out happiness.
Take away my youth,
But I will still have my youthfulness.
Erase the love inside my soul,
And I will find another start.
Take away my innocence,
Simply to spite my naive heart.
Take me away from my friends,
I will still remember their names.
Take me away from my beginnings,
I won’t forget from where I came.
Take the happiness from my life,
It will only last a little while.
My strength comes from within,
And God will give me a new smile.
| Scheme | AB XB XC XC XX XX XA XA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10111 11111100 10111 1111111 01010111 01110101 1011100 1011111 1101111 11101011 110111010 11011111 10100111 111010101 111101 01111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 512 |
| Words | 119 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 48 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
About this poem
This is one of several poems that are directed at life and my vengeful fight to show life that it cannot treat me the way it did and expect me to do nothing in return.
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