Analysis of When the smoke clears



When the smoke clears,
I’ll remember why free falling is so scary because you fall and then the impact

When the smoke clears I’ll remember why I guarded my heart because the last heartbreaks were still trying to find their way back,

When the smoke clears my intuition will remind me of her presence and say I told you so!

When the smoke clears, love will tell me it never came to stay, and that if I took it for what it’s really worth, I’d always be hurt,

When the smoke clears, I’ll look back and realize that time did not wait nor did it care to give me back what I’ve invested

When the smoke clears, I’ll be sure to remember what it felt like when pain stayed too long and tears created silent tsunami’s that left a devastating aftermath,

When the smoke clears, I’ll dust myself off!


Scheme XX X X X X X X
Poetic Form
Metre 1011 101011101110011101001 1011101011101101011011011111 1011101010111010011111 101111111101110111111111011111 1011111010111111111111111010 101111110101111111110101010111010010 10111111
Characters 812
Words 161
Sentences 2
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 77
Words per line (avg) 19
Letters per stanza (avg) 88
Words per stanza (avg) 21

About this poem

I found myself in a place mentally loving someone that was not true to me or himself. His actions left me heartbroken, but I made it out when the smoke cleared.

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Written on June 09, 2020

Submitted by tawanda_c on July 18, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Tawanda Chancey

Chancey as she prefers to be called is a poet, tutor, and mentor who grew interest and a love of poetry after being introduced to the beautiful works of Maya Angelou. That was in 7th grade! Since then, she’s been writing continuously many years later. more…

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