Analysis of Tears



They are not diamonds on the market to be sold
They are so precious, that their price is seldom told

From the depth of the soul, like a suppressed dream
No longer able to hold, trickling like a continuous stream

They are free to drift without shame
When there is no one to embrace or blame

Given the freedom to flow without measure
Under the forces of natures pleasure

At times they can be so brief
That they do not get a chance to grief

Sometimes from sorrow and pain
Their tragic story usually ends in vain

Suddenly falling like an unexpected rain storm
Stopping like the calm of the evening waves that form

If not given the free will to flow
They wipe away the smiles meant to glow

It's just another lesson of life
Which you can't carve and throw away with a knife


Scheme AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH II
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 111101010111 111101111101 10110110011 1101011101001001 11111011 1111110111 10010110110 1001011010 1111111 111110111 0111001 110101000101 100101101011 101011010111 111001111 110101111 110101011 11110101101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 750
Words 146
Sentences 1
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 69
Words per stanza (avg) 16
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Submitted by pmarjara on March 05, 2021

Modified on March 25, 2023

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