Analysis of Crimson Tears



What is a tear ?
But a crimson drop
From your silent heart
Blown and cropped
In a sun striped border
In pink chiffon hue
The bubbled parcels
They shimmer like dew

To carry your language
From an ancient time
But not shall I know
Nor pay it in kind
For tears are yours
To release and ask
Why don’t I listen
From behind my mask?

So the crimson and red
So red they shall be
For the life and the days
For you and for me
Drop after drop
Splash after splash
They break over ground
In a love torn gash

So never again on
Earth shall we meet
Our blessed touch
Only dreams shall keep
And return your tears
To your crimson heart
That I’ve left forever
And now tears me apart


Scheme XABXCDXD XXXXXEXE XFXFAGXG XXXXXBCB
Poetic Form
Metre 1101 10101 11101 101 001110 01011 01010 11011 110110 11101 11111 11101 1111 10101 11110 10111 101001 11111 101001 11011 1101 1101 11101 00111 110011 1111 1011 10111 00111 11101 111010 011101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 692
Words 149
Sentences 3
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8, 8
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 131
Words per stanza (avg) 34

About this poem

Unrequited love, loss and regret

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Written on November 05, 1923

Submitted by colinlwilson on May 18, 2023

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Colin Wilson

I have been writing poetry since I was 18. In the last 3 years I have self published 3 anthologies, purely for family and friends. With more time on my hands now and together with my other passion of painting in oils, I want to explore this beautiful world of ours. more…

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