Analysis of The Tears Mama Brings



Once upon a lie,
I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too, even though,
she made me cry.

And every morning that rises down to reach each night, I sigh,
good night?
Once upon a lie.

My eyes seem to never be dry.
If an hour goes by, or a minute or even a second,
She made me cry.

With every kiss, I fly so high.
Though her stories hold so much love and joy,
Once upon a lie.

Oh dear, oh love, why do I cry?
will she deny? Yes, for she is the reason,
she made me cry.

And then she comes, with hugs full of love, so kind and nigh,
Oh no, please stop, my tears don’t drop, I’ll try.
Once upon a lie,
she made me cry.


Scheme AxA axA axA axA axA aaAA
Poetic Form
Metre 10101 1100011111101 1111 0100101101111111 11 10101 11111011 1110111010110010 1111 110011111 1010111101 10101 11111111 11011111010 1111 0111111111101 1111111111 10101 1111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 623
Words 155
Sentences 12
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 75
Words per stanza (avg) 22

About this poem

This poem is one of my favorites of which i have written. It is very dear to me.

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Written on September 01, 2023

Submitted by FaAL on October 11, 2023

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