Analysis of The garden gate,
The garden gate.
What lies on the other side of the rustic,
wooden gate?
Is there a secret garden, in a wild
overgrown state?
Does it harbour perfumed pink Roses in
soil beds, so fine?
Is there a swing or a slide for kids, to have
a fun time?
Is there a tanglement of weeds, brambles
with sharp thorns?
Or a neatly mown lawn, where birds visit
in the morn?
Does it conceal a comfy bench, for people
to sit on ad talk?
Or is there a winding stone path, where
the dwellers walk?
Does it contain rows, of vegetables
offering healthy delights?
Or is there a view behind, offering an
amazing rural sight?
I just don't know, what lies behind the
gate,
as I roam.
Can't I just take a peep, before I venture
on home!
Scheme | A XAXAXXXX BXXXXCXC BXXXXADXD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101 11101011010 101 1101010001 011 1110011100 1111 11011011111 011 11011110 111 1010111110 001 11010101110 11111 111010111 0101 110111100 1001001 11101011001 010101 111111010 1 111 11110101110 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,331 |
Words | 165 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 8, 8, 9 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
About this poem
Have you ever seen a garden gate in a hedge and wondered what lies on the other side?
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