Analysis of Angel Tears



Raindrops are angel tears that fall from heaven's lair.
Rainbows are the ribbons that fall into their hair.

Skeletons are brittle that fall with fragile bones.
Firm muscles are drooping that fall with lesser hones.

Lightning strikes are the cuts that fall by lancet hoes.
Thunderbolts are the hits that fall by mallet blows.

Conceits are toplofty that fall like decks of cards.
Snobberies are rudeness that fall like minstrel bards.

Hurricanes are rages that fall down in surprise.
Simooms are insurgents that fall down in disguise.

Sweethearts are heartthrobs that fall in love full sway.
Passions are for lovers that fall in every way.

Wildfires are infernos that fall upon their prey.
Conflagrations are brutes that fall upon their lay.

Physics is the canvas on which God strokes the call:
"Gravity brings it down and everything must fall."


Scheme AA BB CC XB DD EE EE FF
Poetic Form
Metre 11101111101 11010110111 100110111101 110110111101 101101111101 1101111101 111111111 1110111101 10110111001 11010111001 111110111 1011101101001 1011110111 111110111 101010111101 10011101011
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 828
Words 140
Sentences 16
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 43
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 86
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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