Analysis of Through Tears



She wiped the tears
from the eyes of tomorrow

Her present uncovered
—her vision refound

(Superior Wisconsin: August, 2019)


Scheme XX AA X
Poetic Form
Metre 1101 101101 010010 0101 010001010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 120
Words 19
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 33
Words per stanza (avg) 6
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on August 08, 2019

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Kurt Philip Behm

Longtime writer with twelve books in publication. Three of them Poetry. : The Death Of The Playground : The Sword Of Ichiban : Searching For Crazy Horse : Darkening Sun : An Anthology Of Perception-Vol's 1 & 2 : After Midnight : Sammy And Bumpers : The Fall City Mandate : Revenge Along The War Trail : Death from The Sky more…

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