Analysis of A Smiling Face
I'm taking it easy if it comes to fate
But for the time I've gotta wait
If you stay to long, inside my memory,
I will trap you in a song tied to a melody.
And I'll keep you there so you can't bother me
And I sat watching a flower
As it was withering
I was embarrassed by it's honesty
So I'd prefer to be remembered as a smiling face
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011011111 11011101 11111011100 1111001110100 01111111101 01110010 111100 1101011100 11011101010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 332 |
| Words | 73 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 253 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 71 |
About this poem
The poem, first published via Xanga in 2006, captures a sense of resignation and acceptance, tinged with a hint of longing and introspection.
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