The clown



though I’ve painted  this clowns  face onto mine, the sadness creeps through.

The clown never cries, the clown laughs and brings smiles onto others faces.

While no one is present, the clown sobs in silence while wearing his mask.

The clown hides his inhuman attributes thanks to the mask

The clown knows behind the mask he isn’t like the rest

Despite the fact that the clown tries relentlessly to be striking  

To get away from the misery he faces, the clown tells jokes day and night.

The clown's mask starts to come off as soon as the jokes stop

A very memorable clown, depending to the circus he acts in

The clown weeps while wearing his mask as he Carries out his final task

About this poem

This poem is describing what it’s like to feel alienated by society and seeing laughter as the only escape.

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Written on April 24, 2023

Submitted by sophiabloom09 on April 25, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X X A A X X X X X A
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 694
Words 139
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

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