Analysis of The Smile



there is a smile below
there is a smile above
betwixt the heart of praise
a lonely heart found love

a soul devides then parts
on every circumstance we can learn
to take part in the dance
in quiteness I must confess

the cause of togetherness
my soul permeates a reason for being
in the changing of the season
there is the smile that holds

it also offends
let the reader understand
a beacon of light onto
a hurting world in need of love

nestled from the tender hand from up above
through common cadence we both can agree
the soft pitter patter of the amazing melody
in sullen brevity we can fondly agree


Scheme XAXA XXXX XXXX XXXA ABBB
Poetic Form Tetractys  (25%)
Quatrain  (20%)
Metre 110101 110101 010111 010111 01111 110010111 111001 011101 0110100 1110010110 00101010 110111 11001 101001 0101110 01010111 10101011101 1101011101 0111010010100 010100111001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 583
Words 114
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 98
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted by hitalot on October 27, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Mario William Vitale

Mario William Vitale is a twentieth century poet. He has developed a style of free verse. Has written over one thousand poems. more…

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