Analysis of From Purple to Lilac and White
silted up in deeper layers
gradually I lost grip on days
let wind and rain commit for long
but bare roots still kept reaching
a hold in this fidgety life
taking pains to regain solid ground
they branched to a new summer’s light
strong lilacs came into sight
asking nourishment for their growth
out of their own urges to blossom
passed the green leaved boundaries
now tried colors they bring
to my ripening mind
| Scheme | XXX AXXB BXXX AX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101010 100011111 11010111 1111110 010111 101101101 11101101 111011 10100111 111110110 1011100 111011 111001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 415 |
| Words | 77 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
About this poem
This poem arose from a painting of Vincent van Gogh
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Written on May 10, 2012
Submitted by ludy_b on December 07, 2021
Modified on April 25, 2023
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