Analysis of Tears



TEARS. . .
On the outside,
Fall to the ground
And are wiped away.

TEARS. . .
On the inside,
Fall on the soul
And forever to remain.

Into each life
A tear must fall,
And mine will start
The day you leave.


Scheme Abxx Abxx xxxx
Poetic Form
Metre 1 1011 1101 01101 1 1001 1101 0010101 0111 0111 0111 0111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 192
Words 39
Sentences 9
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 12
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 50
Words per stanza (avg) 14
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Submitted by Sissykins on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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