Analysis of Tears
Tears roll down my eyes of desires and surprise
Tears roll down my eyes because one can't stay alive
Tears roll down my eyes of desires and surprise
Tears roll down my eyes because of one's awful pastime
Tears roll down my eyes of desires and surprise
| Scheme | AbAcA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 111111010001 111110111101 111111010001 111110111101 111111010001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 247 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 41 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 203 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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