Analysis of Tears
Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806 (Kelloe) – 1861 (Florence)
THANK God, bless God, all ye who suffer not
More grief than ye can weep for. That is well--
That is light grieving ! lighter, none befell
Since Adam forfeited the primal lot.
Tears ! what are tears ? The babe weeps in its cot,
The mother singing, at her marriage-bell
The bride weeps, and before the oracle
Of high-faned hills the poet has forgot
Such moisture on his cheeks. Thank God for grace,
Ye who weep only ! If, as some have done,
Ye grope tear-blinded in a desert place
And touch but tombs,--look up I those tears will run
Soon in long rivers down the lifted face,
And leave the vision clear for stars and sun
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111101 1111111111 1111010101 1101000101 1111011011 0101010101 0110010100 1111010101 1101111111 1111011111 1111000101 01111111111 1011010101 0101011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 613 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 3 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 238 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 04, 2023
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