Analysis of Tears

Douglas H. Mc Clintock 1934 (Sarnia, Ontario)



The other day something new happened
That I had not done for awhile,
Tears swelled in my eyes and made me smile,
It caught me by surprise, it was a time of being silent !

Living for the past 10 years alone
And the last half with chronic pain,
Another one of life's milestones
Becoming an old ailing antique !

You know what tears can do ?
Crying is a self - smoothy behavior,
As I laid in bed thinking of nothing
To my surprise, long moments of  feeling better !

My eyes became very full
And with my hot bag, moments of bliss
Can crying actually make you cheerful ?
I found out, the human body is so clever !

Life always has it's moments
Like a new chapter in a book,
Life's natural ability is always available
It's built that way I found out !

Crying is not just reserved for the weak,
Tears have endorphins and oxytocin
They help with emotional stress
And severe everyday pain !


Scheme XAAX XBXC XDXD XXED XXEX CXXB
Poetic Form
Metre 010110110 11111101 110110111 111101110111010 10101101 00111101 0101111 010111001 111111 101011010 1110110110 110111011010 1101101 011111011 1101001110 111010101110 111110 10110001 11000100110100 1111111 1011101101 110100010 11101001 0011011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 884
Words 180
Sentences 8
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 114
Words per stanza (avg) 29

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The benefits of crying

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Written on July 18, 2022

Submitted by Dougla$Irishman on July 18, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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