Analysis of Hold Back Tears (TW for mention of self-injury)
Your eyes blink fast
And your lip quivers.
You swallow the lump
In your throat.
You turn away to hide
The glassy reflection in your eyes.
Your mascara’s running
As you hide the truth well.
Concealer on your wrists
To hide the redness beneath.
Your eyes
Glisten with tears
And they brim with sorrow.
Your smile
Fools them every time
So they never know.
You smile
To hide all the sorrow
And pain underneath.
| Scheme | ABCDEBFGBHBBIJKIJIH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 0111 11001 011 110111 010010011 1110 111011 1111 1101001 11 1011 011110 11 111001 11101 11 111010 0101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 409 |
| Words | 83 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 19 |
| Lines Amount | 19 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 323 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 74 |
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