Analysis of Our Secret Garden
We often go to our Secret Garden
where only the two of us may stroll….
where the sweet peas make a jungle
and the purple lilacs grow,
where errant breezes waft a thousand scents,
where untamed roses grace the walls
and the little scrollwork garden bench,
where, hand in hand, we sit as evening falls
Forget-me-knots and marigolds
with baby’s-breath to wreath their flowers
makes us think of memories made and shared
in this Secret Garden of ours
The sturdy walls of handpicked stone
provide such charmed seclusion
that we oft forget our labor’s pains
amidst the sweet and lush profusion
No one but us can see this place,
though we’ve give others some bouquets,
for the quiet beauty of our Secret Garden
gives joy to all of our todays
Wisteria vines gently intertwine
about the trunk of the McIntosh tree
while Jacobs ladder and holly hock
enhance the splendor of the scene.
Our Secret Garden is full of magic,
where elves and fairies play,
and, if nurtured, will turn our tomorrows
into golden yesterdays.
Scheme | AXXX XBXB XCXC XAXA XDAD XXXX XXXD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (57%) |
Metre | 11011101010 110011111 10111010 001011 1101010101 1110101 00101101 1101111101 0111010 11111110 1111100101 011010110 01011111 0111010 1110110101 010101010 11111111 11110101 1010101101010 111111001 1110001 010110101 110100101 01010101 10101011110 110101 0110111001 011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,037 |
Words | 190 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
About this poem
nurture love and it will bloom
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