Analysis of Mona
she isn't smiling
she didn't feel like smiling
come on, he coaxed
just a little smile, for me?
he pleaded
a young woman should never be without
a smile,
he chided
a face as beautiful as yours—
he flattered
she gave up, she gave in
she smiled
it felt fake, it felt stupid
but i'm smiling, okay
are you happy now?
he scheduled another sitting
she still wasn't smiling
she didn't feel like smiling
come on, he coaxed again
just a little smile—
to thine own self be true
she refused
he felt threatened
it was a sacrilege
so he righted the wrong
tried to project the curve of her lips
didn't do so well
he scheduled another sitting
what's the big deal
she grinned
this smile could be the face
of any number of thoughts
it's a mystery only to minds
not expecting, unable to consider
anything on a woman but that
vapid shallow simple girlish
smile
he went back to the original
unsmiling
Scheme | aAxxbxcxxxxxbxxA aAxcxxxxxxxA xxxxxxxxc xa |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010 1101110 1111 1010111 110 0110110101 01 110 01110011 110 111110 11 1111110 11101 11101 11001010 111010 1101110 111101 10101 111111 101 1110 110100 111001 111001101 10111 11001010 1011 11 111101 1101011 101001011 10100101010 10101011 10101010 1 111100100 010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 900 |
Words | 172 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 16, 12, 9, 2 |
Lines Amount | 39 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 174 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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