Analysis of Broken Clown
Gary Major 1967 (United Kingdom)
A Broken Clown
With a smile a frown
A face that fits
Smile upside down
A painted face
A big red smile
No sorrow here
Just glee and cheer
No Despair
Just laughs no fear
This is the Image
Though its Untrue
The one I chose
To show for you
Look again
See though my feint
No smile just paint
Tears of Sadness
Lines from Laughter
No just frowns
Beneath the Gown
The Heart of a Clown
A steady rhythm
Torn with Grief
Broken promises
Friendship Betrayed
Loved Ones Lost
Nerves so Frayed
Sunrise I awake
I reach for the paint
Just smile and Laughter
A face full of Cheer
No sorrow no fear
This is the image
Though Its Untrue
I show to my self
To get me through
One day the Sun
Will not me wake
The smile gone forever
No laughter no Frown
No Joy no Clown
| Scheme | aaxa xxxbxb CDxd xeexfx aaxx xgxg hefbb CDxd xhfaa |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101 10101 0111 1111 0101 0111 1101 1101 101 1111 11010 1101 0111 1111 101 1111 1111 1110 1110 111 0101 01101 01010 111 10100 1001 111 111 1101 11101 11010 01111 11011 11010 1101 11111 1111 1101 1111 011010 11011 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 758 |
| Words | 161 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 4, 6, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 42 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 66 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
About this poem
Coming to the end of a long Career and working out where life takes me next
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