Analysis of Standing on a tier
Did I see that tear that welled in your eye?
It's stare like a wishful twopence
Being swallowed in your sigh.
And did I see that tear
That stained your rustless heart,
As it engraved its memory
Of the final false start.
| Scheme | ABACDED |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111111011 1110101 1010011 011111 11111 11011100 101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 213 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 173 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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