Analysis of Smile for a while
Aldo Gabbay 1964 (sap paulo)
I smile for a while
Even when I am
In pain
It is a hard thing to do
It is not easy to smile
Yes I don't want then to
See that I am in pain
I been also in pain
For a long time now
I know that is a crazy thing to do
But I don't want my friends to
See me in pain
Because they
Worried a lot about me
Yes my friends are very good
To me
Yes I know that they care about me
Yes my friends are always bitching
At me because
I think that they always tells me
That I have to take better care of myself
Yes they are right about that
| Scheme | ABCDADCCEDDCFGHGGIJGKL |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101 10111 01 1101111 1111011 111111 111101 111001 10111 1111010111 1111111 1101 011 1001011 1111101 11 111111011 111111 1101 1111111 1111110111 1111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 523 |
| Words | 122 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 22 |
| Lines Amount | 22 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 399 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 121 |
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