Analysis of A Rose Garden
Amanda East 1976 (Ogden)
Wind-rocked remontant
Prune out your despair
Grafted in a slant
But not without care
Unmatched to fit growth
A sucker untorn
Knows not a good oath
When chaos is born
Snit, balled, or broken
Hips push the roughing
Truth is unspoken
Give up on nothing
Deceptive attacks
Shame, lonely with woes
Blind shoots and diebacks
Lame a budding rose
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD DEDE FGFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 111 11101 10001 11011 01111 0101 11011 11011 11110 11010 11010 11110 01001 11011 1101 10101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 348 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
About this poem
I was thinking about my failing marriage and lack of knowing how to have an intimate relationship, but in this writing, I wanted a challenge. I picked so many words that had to do with a rose garden and fit them in a format with my intended theme.
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Written on June 17, 2008
Submitted by Oceanloveisland on November 14, 2022
Modified by Oceanloveisland on November 15, 2022
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