Analysis of Grief Belies
A briefcase full of sorrow…
the hiding place of tears
One trade to end all others
excuse to lie and steal
The papers hide the story
all documents in vain
As grief belies the glory
—of a life that deals in pain
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2019)
Scheme | XX XX AB AB A |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011110 010111 1111110 011101 0101010 110001 1101010 1011101 010010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 255 |
Words | 46 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 40 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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