Analysis of Digging for Treasure...
Linda Garfield 1944 (Woking)
I worked in the garden, digging here and there,
looking for treasures buried neath the soil for care,
of a sudden, I found it, in a plastic bag,
I unearthed a treasure and began to gag.
What I found was bizarre, a roll of film to boot,
what should I do with it, for a camera a person did shoot,
pictures of I know not what, its time to develop,
so I put it in a packet, then placed it in an envelope.
Days passed and I waited, my nerves were strictly on edge,
what were the photos of? I ask as I lean upon the ledge,
I open up the packet and pulled the photos out,
I was so amazed, that I began to shout.
The first was of a fire, a forest was ablaze,
people were running, as though they were crazed,
a house on the edge, wood, burning bright,
I looked at it in horror, for it gave me such a fright.
Then I passed to the next photo, and a person was in flames,
I started to cry, for it was clear he was not to blame,
the horror of the scene sent chills down my spine,
then hunger hit me, and I went in to dine.
I worked through the photos as I ate my meal,
hiding the horrors, in a pocket to conceal,
until I came to the last, a photo of a bright new dawning,
the area was cleared, and new buildings were at the break of morning.
Scheme | AABB CCXX DDEE XXFF XXGG HHII |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 11001010101 101101010111 101011100101 10101000111 111101011111 1111111010001011 1011111111010 111100101110110 1101101101011 10011111110101 110101001011 11101110111 0111010010101 1001011101 011011101 11110101111101 11110110010101 11011111111111 01010111111 11011011011 1110111111 100100010101 011110101101110 01001101100101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,233 |
Words | 283 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 155 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
About this poem
This is about a roll of film found, and the photos on that film.
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Written on July 12, 2022
Submitted by lndgrfld on August 27, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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