Analysis of Big boys don't cry



Men don't cry from eyes.
Bite down. Swallow. Scalding ice.
Repress. Rinse. Repeat


Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Haiku 
Tercet 
Metre 11111 1110101 01101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 83
Words 15
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 62
Words per stanza (avg) 13
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Submitted on December 11, 2023

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