This is an analysis of The Heat Of Midnight Tears by Mirabai.

Listen, my friend, this road is the heart opening,
Kissing his feet, resistance broken, tears all night.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XX XXaXXa bX XXb
  • Stanza lengths: 2,6,2,3,
  • Metre: 101101001100 100101010111 0111011010010 111100101001 01111110110111 1100111010111001 0111111010111 101110100101011 00100111111101 1110101010001 100101011101101 0101101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 12