Analysis of Roses of the Shadow
I watered the winter roses
Dressed in white silk
Warm in my breath
Brittle to my hand
My eye caught the log fire
and reminded me of home
A place I had missed
a long time ago
My clothes were tattered
Dirt filled my pores
Hardened by the sunrise
So itchy and coarse
My things stolen
Missing or lost
I folded my hands
and repented to God
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11001010 1011 1011 10111 1110110 0010111 01111 01101 11010 1111 10101 11001 1110 1011 11011 001011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 337 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 268 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 67 |
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Written on September 08, 2022
Submitted by HeatherLydiaThornhill on September 08, 2022
Modified on April 25, 2023
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