Analysis of Eve's Flowers
Eve must have wept to leave her flowers,
And plucked some roots to tell
Of Eden's happy, sinless bowers,
Where she in bliss did dwell.
Roses and lilies, pansies gay,
Violets with azure eyes,
Her favorites must have been, for they
Seem born in paradise.
And when they drooped, did she not sigh
And kiss their petals fair,
Thinking, "Alas, ye too must die
And in our sorrow share"?
And then perhaps unto her soul
This answer sweet was given,
"Like you we fade and perish here;
For you we'll bloom in heaven."
Roses and lilies are the type
Of him who from above,
The lamb of God, gave up his life,
A sacrifice of love.
He was her hope in those sad hours
Of blight and sure decay;
The sin that drove her from her flowers
His blood could wash away.
Scheme | ABAB CXCX DEDE XFXF XGXG ACAC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (83%) |
Metre | 111111010 011111 1110110 110111 10010101 1001101 010011111 11010 01111111 011101 10011111 0010101 01011001 1101110 11110101 1111010 10010101 111101 01111111 01011 110101110 110101 011101010 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 735 |
Words | 148 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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