Analysis of Smile
Do you know of the unkind man?
I wish I could say he is uncommon.
He walks through the streets
And drives by any time of day.
He sits behind the counter, the desk,
And makes the world seem grey.
He throws about his insults,
So impolite is his nature,
As if it were privilege
Of his self-proclaimed stature.
He walks with an unsteadiness
That guises as good posture,
And he croaks and moans
At the sound of the joy he
Has desperately sought after.
This man is among many alike
And they have forgotten
That joy is earned,
Not entitled, and seek to steal it
From other men and women.
As this man tries to deny you
What he himself cannot find,
Simply smile and bow, curtsy, if you will,
And deliberately appear too kind.
The greatest of insults to the unkind man
Is to make him shake on the place he stands
With unwavering character, politeness galore,
And a smile so bright he melts to the floor.
Scheme | ABCDXDXEXECEXXEXBXXBXFXFAXG G |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110011 1111111010 11101 01110111 110101001 010111 1101101 1001110 111010 1110110 11111 1101110 01101 1011011 11000110 111011001 011010 1111 101001111 1101010 11111011 1101101 1010110111 0010000111 01010110011 1111110111 1010010001001 0011111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 866 |
Words | 169 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 27, 1 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 351 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 85 |
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Submitted on January 01, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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