Analysis of I cried



I cried last night
I haven’t cried in a long time
I had a lot of things on my brain
A lot of things going through my mind

I cried last night
It was worth the release
Two and a half months glued to my house
Got me feeling like I’m a caged beast

I cried last night
With no one to be there for me
Everybody got their problems
Well what about me

I cried last night
I’ve formed a river from tears
A river so long
It’ll flow for years

I cried last night
And it might not be the last
Everyday I wake up
I try leaving yesterday in the past

I cried last night
I cried and cried
Tears rolled down my cheeks
From the webs in my eyes that I couldn’t hide

I cried last night
Nobody will feel my pain
Pain so bad
That it’s drives me insane

I cried last night
And I’ll cry again
There shall be new problems to come
So let the journey begin…


Scheme Axbx Axxx Acxc Axxx Adxd Aexe Abxb Axxx
Poetic Form Quatrain  (50%)
Metre 1111 1110011 110111111 011110111 1111 111001 100111111 111011011 1111 11111111 1001110 11011 1111 1101011 01011 1111 1111 0111101 101111 111010001 1111 1101 11111 1010111111 1111 11111 111 111101 1111 01101 11111011 1101001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 812
Words 174
Sentences 1
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 81
Words per stanza (avg) 22

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Had a lot on my mind this night

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Submitted by Slimjim17 on June 23, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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