Analysis of A SMILE
Nimisha Kaul 1984
When things don't go the way I want, I feel all low & blue
I walk alone on a quiet road, don't know why or where to
The mind runs at a speed of light
With a zillion permutations of wrong and right
And amidst this crazy thinking spree
I got distracted when I see,
A little kid playing in the pool
The energy, the joy, an adorable smile , the site was just so cool
He splashed water all over the place and played with his reflection
He rubbed his nose against his mom's, in the air was all affection
A smiling face got a smile on mine and changed my trail of thought
The hard didn't seem that hard anymore, things weren't as bad as I thought
I learnt a little something that day, that I would like to say
There is nothing so sad, not a thing so tough , there is always hope, a ray
All one needs is a positive mind, a vision beyond the sorrow
And there you see the sun of hope shining bright on your tomorrow
Scheme | AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH |
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Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 1111011111111 110110101111111 01110111 10100101101 001110101 11010111 010110001 010001101001011111 1110110010111010 1111011100111010 010110111011111 01101110111011111 110101011111111 11101110111111101 11110100101001010 011101111011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 900 |
Words | 182 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 44 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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