Analysis of Smiling
Joseph m Novo 1951 (Watsonville Ca)
We all do it
Each and every day
Maybe
Where does it
Coming from
Inside or outside
We reach
Deep within
To find whatever
To smile
Is to laugh
Outward and inward
So grasp the idea
Sunshine and all
And smile at the world
| Scheme | AXX AXX XXX XXX XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (47%) |
| Metre | 1111 101001 10 111 101 01111 11 101 1110 11 111 10010 110010 101 01101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 222 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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