This is an analysis of the poem Many Tears Keep Falling... that begins with:

Many tears are falling...
And do not disappear, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABXcBADEFE aEEDdXc AEED ABXcBADEFE AEED AEEDXAFEAFEAFEA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,7,4,10,4,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110 111101 01011010 1 10011 10010 01010 101 0010 101 1110 111001 0111010 1100101 001001110 00100110 1111101 111110 111001 0111010 1100101 101110 111101 01011010 1 10011 10010 01010 101 0010 101 111110 111001 0111010 1100101 111110 111001 0111010 1100101 111110 0010 101 101110 0010 101 111110 0010 101 101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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