Analysis of Painted Tears
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
Painted tears
Fall from
Etched eyes
Onto an
Empty canvas.
Each drop
An echo
Of love
Whispered,
But not held.
Brushstrokes
Trace
The contours
Of longing
Unfulfilled.
Colors bleed
Into the
Gaping void.
A portrait
Of despair
Unveiled
In every tear.
Sorrow's palette
Captures
The essence of
Broken dreams.
The canvas
Becomes
A mirror
Of fading hope.
Painted tears,
The silent
Witness to
Heartache's
Enduring presence.
| Scheme | Axxxb xxcxx axxxx xxx dexe dxcx bxxx Axxax |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (74%) |
| Metre | 101 11 11 101 1010 11 110 11 10 111 1 1 01 110 01 101 010 101 010 101 01 01001 110 10 0101 101 010 01 010 1101 101 010 101 1 01010 |
| Characters | 422 |
| Words | 83 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 35 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 10 |
| Words per line (avg) | 2 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 42 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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