Analysis of The River you Cried



Heart frozen, parched lips helplessly quiver.
Wandering on icy fields of fear
through wells of sadness in your eyes, dear
I dropped miles down, into a still river
cried by humanity. I did shiver
and felt my heart thaw as it drank each tear
for death, love, loss and time so linear.
Transformed – I was a fearless griever.

Last glimpse, the sun sets fire to fir trees,
time wraps around and I can close my eyes.
In peace of soul in my fate I can dwell.
How wonderful to take one’s plight with ease
A caterpillar trusts and never dies
Now I’m a butterfly and all is well.


Scheme ABBAAXAA CDECDE
Poetic Form
Metre 1101110010 100110111 111100111 1111010110 1101001110 0111111111 1111011100 011101010 1101110111 1101011111 0111011111 1100111111 010010101 110100111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 562
Words 109
Sentences 8
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 6
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 222
Words per stanza (avg) 55
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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