Analysis of Lonesome Tear
Stars tripped lightly overhead,
The moon sailed cross the sky.
I gazed into your radiant eyes,
And prayed I would not cry.
The waves broke gently on the shore,
The wind caressed your cheek.
I longed to hold you in my arms,
My soul ached to hear you speak.
Secrets murmured from your lips,
Like gossamer grazed my ears.
Though your story sad it sang with truth,
Then came that one sweet tear.
Trickling tenderly down your face,
More beautiful than the bejeweled sky.
To kiss away that lonesome tear,
For that dear one I'd die.
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XXXC XACA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 1110101 011101 110111001 011111 01110101 010111 11111011 1111111 1010111 1100111 111011111 111111 10100111 11001011 11011101 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 510 |
Words | 96 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on April 22, 2012
Modified on March 13, 2023
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