Analysis of His Loss

Tabitha J. Bryson 1973 (Indianapolis, Indiana)



These tears I shed
      are mine alone
millions of tears
      without a home.
I cry from pain
      I do not understand
So many tears I've cried
      for this man.
I feel his love
      though it's my own
watered with tears
      it hasn't grown.
Never ever will I
      have his heart
this truth I knew
      right from the start.
Yet still I waited
      hoping someday
love would fill his heart
      and whisper of my name.
My tears continue to fall
      one by one
mourning a dream
      loss of a wanted love.
With love still in my heart
      and tears upon my face
I now admit defeat
      and bow out with grace.


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Poetic Form
Metre 1111 1101 1011 0101 1111 11101 110111 111 1111 1111 1011 1101 101011 111 1111 1101 11110 101 11111 010111 1101011 111 1001 110101 111011 010111 110101 01111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 598
Words 110
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 28
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 422
Words per stanza (avg) 110
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Written on June 15, 2009

Submitted by tabbycat_b on June 24, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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