Analysis of Why Are There Tears?
Gary Shulman, MS. Ed. 1950 (USA)
Why Are There Tears? ©
Gary Shulman, MS. Ed.
August 2, 2022
Not sure why….but tears are flowing
The cause uncertain, my brain not knowing
But let me surmise why salty droplets impose
On my eyes and lips, my tongue and nose
I saw the other day that “Wally” left this world
From “Leave it to Beaver” days
Just a flower from my childhood,
When such pristine shows were all the craze
A perception of innocence of what life might have been
If not for reality
Always knocking you on your chin
And then let’s contemplate those “Twinkies”
Spongy cream filled cakes from my chubby past
Now filled with stuff so vile and artificial
Eating them now will surely make your arteries blast
So now I seek simplicity
In a time so filled with strife
I walk the pastoral country roads
Adding beauty to my life
I stop to marvel at the symmetry
Of a rose gracing all my senses
I dream of “Mayberry” homes
With lovely white picket fences
And think I must, that such beauty profound
Surely must overcome
The cruelty and venom in this world
With skilled finesse and aplomb
That Cardinal that I see and joyously hear
Hypnotize us all please
And banish all that brings us stress
Bring our fears down to their knees
I don’t really think I have clearly answered
That query of why I cry
Perhaps just remembering memories,
All those memories long gone by
Be those memories very real
Or just a profound therapeutic lie
The perception that life could truly be
A kinder more genteel place
Perhaps is enough to bring on the tears
For the floundering human race
So maybe I really do perceive
Why salty droplets flow
So will that really help to change the world?
One person at a time………please make it so.
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Metre | 1111 101011 10 11111110 0101011110 111011101001 111011101 110101110111 1111101 1010111 111010101 00101100111111 11110 1101111 01110110 1011111101 1111110010 1011110111001 11110100 0011111 110100101 1010111 1111010100 101101110 111101 11011010 0111111001 10110 010010011 1101001 1100111011 10111 01011111 11011111 11101111010 1101111 0110100100 11100111 11100101 110010101 0010111101 0101011 0110111101 10100101 110110101 110101 1111011101 1101011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,714 |
Words | 326 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 45 |
Lines Amount | 48 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 668 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 153 |
About this poem
Remembering a simpler time gone by....or was it?
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Written on August 02, 2022
Submitted by shulman.gary on August 02, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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