Analysis of I Can Only Cry
My children all
Are "grown-ups" now,
So I must face the truth
That this scene is canned:
All four...
Coming to the dining table, and
I am in the picture.
Now, they live separate lives,
And they eat on separate tables, or
Where and when they want to.
What's the next curtain call?
Hey, children...
Dinner is served.
Y'all come, now. Hello...
I can't handle the truth!!!
I can only cry.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHEIAJKLCM |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 1111 111101 11111 11 101010100 110010 111101 011110101 101111 101101 110 1011 1101 111001 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 369 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 282 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 71 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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