Analysis of Outside and inside

Angela M Franklin 1981 (Sacramento)



Outside lives a girl with a smile that will brighten up the room,
yet inside hides a girl with a frown full of despair.

Outside lives a girl with eyes of joy that bring you to ease,
yet inside hides a girl shedding tears of sadness.

Outside lives a girl with a beautiful laugh that's contagious,
yet inside hides a girl screaming her lungs out in unwanted anger.

Outside lives a girl with the personality everyone envies,
yet inside hides a girl full of insecurities and shame.

Outside lives a girl who is fearless and tough,
yet inside hides a weak girl who lives in fear.

Outside lives a girl full of life,
yet inside hides a girl full of pain, wanting to die.

Outside lives a girl with a perfect image,
yet inside hides a girl with regrets and mistakes.

Outside lives a girl of innocence,
yet inside hides a girl with tremendous guilt.

Outside lives a girl with goals and aspirations,
yet inside lives a girl lost in confusion.

What you see on the outside is my personal disguise.
What hides underneath, you can't even begin to imagine.


Scheme XX AB BX AX XX XX XX XX XC XC
Poetic Form
Metre 111011011110101 1011011011101 11101111111111 101101101110 111011010011010 10110110011001010 11101100100101 10110111010001 11101111001 10110111101 11101111 1011011111011 11101100110 101101101001 111011100 10110110101 11101110010 10110110010 11110111110001 11011110011010
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,048
Words 218
Sentences 11
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 41
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 83
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Written on November 12, 2023

Submitted by angelah.48304 on November 12, 2023

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