A Smile Can Go A Long, Long Way {Double Triolet}

by xTheEcstasyOfSuicidex   May 13, 2007


Tip the glass, you've nothing to lose;
A smile can go a long, long way,
Press your lips to hearts that will bruise;
Tip the glass, you've nothing to lose.
Take pamphlets with do not's and do's;
"Smile with triumph," it will say.
Tip the glass, you've nothing to lose,
A smile can go a long, long way.

Teach others like I have taught you,
A smile can go a long, long way,
Picture perfect smiles; they're few;
Teach others like I have taught you.
Smile brightly on my first cue,
"You can do it too," I will say;
Teach others like I have taught you,
A smile can go a long, long way.

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The rhyme scheme is simple: ABaAabAB, capital
letters representing the repeated lines.

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  • 17 years ago

    by Jenni Marie

    I have no time to comment poems for a short time and then I come to check your's out, and you've posted like 172612 new ones :/ Haha

    Anyway, I really liked this one, the imagery you created was wonderfully done, the flow was flawless throughout and the word choice was enjoyable.
    I liked how you used a double triolet, I thought that made it a lot more intense.

  • 17 years ago

    by Robert

    The poem was good it gave a clear message but was abit too redundent for me I think if you gave exsamples of why you should smile the repetition would be harder to find. Plot121

  • 17 years ago

    by Biscuit

    Firstly 'loose' should only have 1 'o' - lose

    now about the poem - a strong rhythm and good flow, perhaps a little too much repetition but i understand that is intended by the form you are writing.
    apart from that i like the structure, the rhyming is good and i like how you've said 'do not's and do's' (instead of 'do's and 'do not's') which places emphasis on the positive 'do' rather than the negative 'do not'.
    and i like the repeated structure of the 6th line of each stanza:
    "Smile with triumph," it will say.
    and
    "You can do it too," I will say;
    this links the stanzas together really well and helps to emphasise the message.

    nice write. :)

    kim xx