Analysis of Mona Lisa
- by - Bob Atkinson
Viale Niccolo on her right
Boboli Gardens on her left
the woman of subtle beauty
lays her hands down to rest
the painter gives her words
his frustration evident
“...asked you to keep your hands
laying by your side...,” he said
she smiled in appreciation
of emotions she had brought
to the surface of the man
who no one else had mocked
“....you fool, you cannot tell me
what to do here in my life
I am not your concubine,
neither am I your wife....”
he fumed at this sign
of bravery on her part
the chaotic situation
brought him quickly to a stop
slamming down the painter's brush
not motivated to continue on
he stomped out of the room
to walk quietly in the garden
she touched his hand so gently
and kissed him on the neck
she whispered softly in his ear
“....you are such an impulsive man..
"you have no thoughts for others
concentrate only on your task
you need to feel emotions that
can be laid down
with your colored paints
else, you'll be only one of many
with talents large and small
to freeze emotions fully
takes bravado and fierce gall
so, dear let us return
to the setting you have made
and put into your painting
that wild internal rage..."
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Scheme | A XXBX XXXX AXCX BDED EXAX XXXA BXXC XXXXX BFBF XXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11100 11101 110101 01011010 101111 010101 1010100 111111 1011111 1100010 1010111 1010101 111111 1111011 1111011 111110 101111 11111 1100101 0010010 1110101 1010101 110010101 111101 111000010 1111110 011101 11010011 11110101 1111110 1010111 11110101 1111 11101 111101110 110101 1101010 1010011 111101 1010111 0101110 110101 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,232 |
Words | 243 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 43 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Imagine if you will DaVinci painting the Mona Lisa, with the model toying with his mine?
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