This is an analysis of Smiles by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Smile a little, smile a little,
As you go along,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Abcbbded AfXfghXh icicegAg XiXiXiAi
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 10101010 11101 10111010 11111 10101110 10111 10101010 10101 10101010 10101 100111010 100101 11101110 01101 11111010 10101 10101010 11111 11111110 11101 11101110 10101 10101010 10101 10110111 11111 10111110 11101 11101110 00100 10101010 10111
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 32
Anaphora
every, smile
