Analysis of Tears For "The Little Girl"



Oh I cry tears for the little girl
who seems to be trapped. A little
girl that is empty and often unseen.
A little girl that is quite helpless
whether or not you believe. Her cries
go silent but yet seem to scream with
a hunger and mourning and a longing to
be free. The little girl's screams
seem to echo and are etched in her
mind which now seems to be empty
leaving cobwebs behind. Oh I cry tears
for the little girl who seems to be
mournful for the pain she would endure
and the words that were scornful. Oh I
cry tears for the little girl who is
filled with a deep fear. A fear that
would haunt her for the rest of her
life. A fear that is quite stagnant
and sets deep in her sight. Forever
haunting her and possibly
ending her life.


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Poetic Form
Metre 111110101 11111010 1111001001 010111110 101110101 110111111 01001000101 1101011 111001100 11111110 101011111 101011111 101011101 001101011 111010111 11011011 11010110 10111110 011001010 1000100 1001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 738
Words 149
Sentences 10
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 21
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 580
Words per stanza (avg) 148

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The abused little girl, will always be a part of me.

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Submitted by Chevy#47601 on August 31, 2024

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Chevelle Wernsmann

Mother of two, adult survivor of child physical and sexual abuse. more…

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