Analysis of Lincoln's still smiling
Middle aged, mind folded
To the right.
I’ve mismatched
my head & my heart.
Uptight.
My head is thumping
& my heart is thinking.
Wait, maybe it’s to the left?
I’m sitting here on a stick of glue.
Playing chess with John Lennon.
The conversations changing.
My balls are aching blue.
No, I’m pretty sure it’s to the right!
I pick up a penny.
Lincoln is still smiling.
I’ll be ok tonight.
| Scheme | ABCDBEEFGHEGBIEB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101110 101 101 1111 01 11110 11110 1101101 110110111 1011110 001010 111101 111011101 111010 101110 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 381 |
| Words | 72 |
| Sentences | 14 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 289 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 72 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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