Analysis of My Weapon of War
I have got a weapon of war
It does not draw out blood like a sword
I have got a weapon of war
It does not put the enemy in flight
My weapon of war is my contagious smile
I know you have been through a lot
But does that mean we should wear the old woman's face,
that countenance that sags like over sucked breast?
What has a frown brought in your years of frowns?
It has made you look older than your age.
I am nothing. I am nothing
is not something one should say:
There is something in nothing.
Wear a contagious smile today,
the type that makes onlookers smile back at you;
It's there inside of you waiting for your invocation
Wear a smile-like perfume that goes viral
the type that bids the passersby: Stand still,
Pulls him to have a long intake and sudden release of relaxation;
It's there in you supplanted by life's troubles.
Circumstances will come to shake you,
And give you ten thousand tents to tend it to the end
But always remember smile does like a magical spell;
It repels the devil's diary to hold you bound.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101011 111111101 11101011 1111010001 11011110101 11111101 111111101101 11001111011 1101101111 1111110111 11101110 1110111 1110010 10010101 0111101111 1101111011010 1011011110 0111010011 1111011010011010 11010101110 10011111 0111101111101 1101011101001 1010101001111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,033 |
Words | 217 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
Nothing is worth your smile. We go through a lot in life but we should not forget that smile is a weapon of war. I wrote it to constantly remind myself that nothing is worth my smile.
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Written on February 02, 2022
Submitted by Kudietei on October 12, 2022
Modified on April 03, 2023
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