Analysis of Why, why should I?



Smile they say,
Why, why should I?
I smile anyway.
Be happy they say,
Why, why should I?
I act happy anyway.
Why should i do anything when it's not me,
when it's not how i feel.
Be pretty they say,
why, why should i?
If you don't think Im pretty, if you don't think i smile enough, if you don't think Im happy. Then Why don't YOU try going through what I've been through, why don't you expirience what I've expireienced.
Smile they say,
Be happy they say,
Be pretty they say...


Scheme ABaABacdABeAAA
Poetic Form
Metre 111 1111 1110 11011 1111 111010 1111101111 111111 11011 1111 11111101111110111111101111110111111111111 111 11011 11011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 468
Words 93
Sentences 9
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 353
Words per stanza (avg) 93
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Written on August 25, 2021

Submitted on August 25, 2021

Modified on May 03, 2023

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Alexandria Brinker

I am a teenage girl who writes poetry to get out my feelings and past experiences, it makes me feel in control, and now I'm willing to share it with others. more…

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