Analysis of Why do you cry?
I saw a women trying to kill herself.
Are you lonely?
I saw a young girl trying to help a women and her 3 kids.
Are you hurting?
I saw a women so full of demons.
Are you full of shame?
I heard the woman telling her story.
Are you frighten?
Her father under a speeding car.
Are you full of anger?
She sees bones and blood.
Are you to scared to tell?
The woman sees herself the reason.
Are you waiting to die?
She see her father's bones and blood.
Are you wishing for more or are you full of hope?
The young girl sees much more, then a young girl should see.
Yet as a young girl, I saw so much evil.
That's why I cry!
Why do you cry?
By Gail Baadsgaard
Jan 20, 2015
| Scheme | X A X X X X A B X X C X B D C X A X D D CX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010101101 1110 110111011010001 1110 1101011110 11111 1101010010 1110 010100101 111110 11101 111111 010101010 111011 11010101 111011111111 011111101111 11011111110 1111 1111 111 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 642 |
| Words | 138 |
| Sentences | 21 |
| Stanzas | 21 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 22 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 24 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Submitted on January 23, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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