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 |
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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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