Analysis of Tears In Rain
Tears In Rain
The hurt and angry seem serene
The dim and shady seem obscene
The sad and lonely seem offscreen
The weak and sickly seem pristine
The poor and needy seem umpteen
Like tears in rain they seem unseen
© Wallace Dean LaBenne
| Scheme | A B B A B B B A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101 01010101 01010101 0101011 01010110 01010111 11011101 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 228 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 24 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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Submitted on August 22, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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