Analysis of the woman behind the smile
nobody knows the woman behind the smile
but everybody knows of her
she seems to be a myth
always present
always willing
always content
but is she truly?
the woman behind the smile
is hard to spot
she is a deceiver
but to all who “know her”,
she is honest
true
pure
but really,
she is intentional
nobody knows she is hiding
nobody knows what she is hiding
she is hiding herself
because
she is alone
Scheme | AB XXCX D AX BBXXX DX CC XX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110100101 1100110 111101 110 110 110 11110 0100101 1111 1101 111110 1110 1 1 110 110100 111110 1111110 111001 01 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 411 |
Words | 89 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 1, 2, 5, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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