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Smile

Jason Lee Raddatz

While others are busy moping around
Discouraged by life's ups and downs
I never let myself get down
A smile I wear proudly
It hurts too much to frown
So I pass my smile along gladly
To you a passing by friend
Take it
Embrace it and give it to another
A neighbor, friend, stranger or brother
A smile I give to you
A free boost of energy
That floats along magically,
Contagiously
An influential powerful force
A Smile

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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDCDEFGGHDDDIJ
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 400
Words 79
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
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