Analysis of Giggles and Laughter



Giggles and laughter
All a façade
Covering the pain
of loving him
Yet
not having him
The pain of dashed hope
for the man you love
is already taken


Scheme ABCDEDFGH
Poetic Form
Metre 10010 1011 10001 1101 1 1101 01111 10111 101010
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 148
Words 30
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 13
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 117
Words per stanza (avg) 29

About this poem

I wrote this poem because of a lady who loved me and felt we could be lovers but on discovering I was married she felt terribly disappointed

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Written on August 04, 2019

Submitted by desenmbachaga on September 12, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Jonathan Mbachaga

Jonathan Mbachaga is a Nigerian born playwright and poet. i grew up in an urban centre surrounded by loving parents. I have 3 children and my hubbies include writing, reading and listening to music more…

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