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
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

1:24 min read
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Linda Garfield

Linda has written poetry for about 3 years, preferring rhyme. To date she has written more than 3,000 poems. more…

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