Analysis of She smiled
She smiled then looked away
And didn't say a word.
Her eyes wished to stay
That's what my heart heard.
She whispered I would be OK
Tho her voice was deterred.
Your eyes wanted to stay
But your vision was blurred.
| Scheme | ABAB ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 111101 010101 01111 11111 11011111 101101 111011 111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 214 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
About this poem
Wrote while sitting in ER with my 93 year old mother
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Written on November 13, 2023
Submitted by Foreverinhereyes on November 13, 2023
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