Analysis of Ivy
Ivy clings to an ancient wall
An emerald gown flowing
Across crumbling brick and mortar
No mighty trunk is visible
But its tendrils have worried
Their way into every crevice
If the ivy were pulled down now,
The mortar would come with it
And the wall would tumble
I am the ancient wall
And you are the ivy growing
Up the framework of my masonry
I was doing you a favor, at first
Providing you the support to grow
And feel the sun, and flourish
You have penetrated my cracks
And I no longer know at all
Which of us is supporting the other
I do not know that it matters
I would fall without you and
You could not grow without me
So, we can continue to grow
Together, intertwined, one
Ivy and wall, wall and ivy
Scheme | A B C D X X X X D A B E X F X X A C X X E F X E |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111101 110110 011001010 11011100 111110 110110010 10100111 0101111 001110 110101 01101010 10111100 1110101011 010100111 0101010 1110011 01110111 1111010010 11111110 1110110 1111011 11101011 0100011 10011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 684 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 24 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 23 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
About this poem
This poem was first published in 2021.
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Written on September 04, 2021
Submitted by pssteele84 on September 20, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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