Analysis of Tear drops from heaven
Leo Long 1986 (Durban)
Pitter-patter; tears on the roof,
The world sleeps knowing not the grief,
And in dawning hours the gage is proof
Of a tear shed for life… oh so brief!
The face of the sky is darkly troubled,
Unnoticed by the sleeping world below
Unconcerned nor woken by the tear drops doubled
Weeping o’er what they all ought to know.
The gushing sounds of torrents, of sorrow
For a world who really ought to care,
The rising waters of destruction for the morrow
Only stirs one here and there.
The gurgling sounds of a drowning people
Wake a dying world with a start,
Too late they’ve learnt that Life’s not below a steeple,
But within a sincere and humble heart!
Scheme | ABAB CDCD DEDE FGFG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1101101 01110101 0010100111 101111111 0110111010 0101010101 01110101110 101111111 0101110110 101110111 0101010101010 1011101 01001101010 10101101 111111101010 1010010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 641 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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