This is an analysis of the poem Song: Oh The Tear that begins with:

Oh the tear is in my eye, and my heart it is breaking,
Thou hast fled from me, Connor, and left me forsaken; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXX ccaaXccba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100111110010 1110110111010 1111110111010 1111011111010 111110010110 0010110010010 1111010011010 1111111011010 110111010110 1111111011110 1111111110010 1011110011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, it are repeated.

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