Analysis of Mona Lisa’s Smile
Probably woman maybe man, the look
of this person’s face, it still hooks.
Is it the thoughts kept deep inside;
was there really a secret to hide?
From everywhere people arrive in rows
to see the painting from up close.
This mysterious image of beauty
caught on canvas one ancient day
by a painter with a gift so great
we still don’t know what to say
La Joconde has become the icon
of the world we hide in our minds
the private jokes that linger on
the feelings we keep confined.
In these eyes and smile is still shown
a person with misty reflections
Would it have had the same attraction
if these thoughts had been known?
| Scheme | XX AA XX XBXB CXCX DXXD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001010101 11101111 11011101 111001011 110100101 11010111 1010010110 11101101 101010111 1111111 11101010 101110101 01011101 0101101 01101111 010110010 111101010 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 609 |
| Words | 117 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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