Analysis of SMOKE AND MIRRORS
When I drove past you
It hurt me to see you blew
That what you puffed through
Burning between your lips
This poison weed
That does you no good deed
My verse will be worth it
If one person stops because of this
| Scheme | AAABCCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111 1111111 11111 100111 1101 111111 111111 111010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 206 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 167 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
About this poem
Perils of smoking, any action to cessation worth it
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