Analysis of Darkness Beneath their Smiles



In earth’s embrace I rest below,
In this cold and dark place I stay.
Frightening scenes people believe I create,
And the true demons inside them debate.  

“Humans are caring and kind”
 Looks like this person is yet to find
The darkness beneath their smile,
And the filthiness beneath their style.

Each day goes by,
Each night I hear people cry,
I see all of their fake smiles
Disappearing through the darkness of night.

When night wraps its hands around the day
I see people double-crossing each other in every way.
The way they lie on each other’s faces
Makes me wonder how no one sees the traces.

Their hearts as cold as ice,
I see them drifting away because of their lies.
In hatred's grip, they cling to greed,
Misleading with perfected speed.

I wonder where that world went
With love and care to the maximum extent.
When I was alive, peace was king,
But now, the dark shadows cling.


Scheme XABB CCDD EEXX AAFF XXGG HHII
Poetic Form Quatrain  (50%)
Metre 01011101 01101111 10011001101 0011001101 1011001 111101111 0100111 0010111 1111 1111101 1111111 010101011 111110101 1110101011001001 0111111010 11101111010 111111 111100101111 0111111 01010101 1101111 11011010001 11101111 110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 908
Words 183
Sentences 11
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 116
Words per stanza (avg) 27

About this poem

I wrote this poem to highlight the darkness of this world. It's from the perspective a dead man who is watching the world from his grave.

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Written on August 11, 2023

Submitted by sharmabhakti1112 on August 10, 2023

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