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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