Analysis of I Tried to Cry
I tried to cry, but neither eye
Would shed a single tear
The funeral was people full
Emotions were quite clear.
Alzheimer's took my mom away,
And yet I felt no grief.
The love I should have had that day
Was stolen by a thief.
Her ways with me stained everything
And so, it is still true
That fate will choose what it will bring,
And God will do that too!
| Scheme | XXXX ABAB CDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 11111101 110101 01001101 010011 1011101 011111 01111111 110101 0111110 011111 11111111 011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 356 |
| Words | 78 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
My mom was buried on 11-23-2008.
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Written on November 21, 2023
Submitted by stevec.24118 on November 21, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on November 21, 2023
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