Analysis of One Tear
Robert Fuller Murray 1863 – 1894
Last night, when at parting
Awhile we did stand,
Suddenly starting,
There fell on my hand
Something that burned it,
Something that shone
In the moon as I turned it,
And then it was gone.
One bright stray jewel -
What made it stray?
Was I cold or cruel,
At the close of day?
Oh, do not cry, lass!
What is crying worth?
There is no lass like my lass
In the whole wide earth.
| Scheme | ABAB CXCX DEDE FGFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 111110 01111 10010 11111 10111 1011 0011111 01111 11110 1111 111110 10111 11111 11101 1111111 00111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 365 |
| Words | 77 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 71 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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