Analysis of Black roses
On waking from my nightmare nap
Black roses wept a bloodstained sap
Scarlet tears dripped from their head
On to the blood soaked flower bed
Each thorn grew long with daggered blade
And spoke of innocence betrayed
There was no sun and clouds it seemed…
Rained down black petals as they screamed
A pitch so high, all heard in hell
Followed by its fiendish smell
Of putrid death and stench of wrath
The petals danced and covered path
Like snow turned evil still it lay
I wondered was it judgement day?
And was I still in nightmare nap?
Could scream just be my sanity snap!
With chill in heart and courage worn
I made my way across the lawn
Black stained my feet as footfalls stray
Across to weeping rose bouquet
I bowed my head and with a kiss
Wished it life and poured it bliss
Wound love and passion around its stem
And prayed the evil would not condemn
To my dismay the thoughtful flower
Cried itself a crimson shower
Shook its pride and sang of peace
Fought evil demons for release
With battle done -I shook awake
The buds of beauty’s sad mistake
I washed the blood and fed it dreams
It opened to heavens vast extremes
And now black rose’s charismatic glow
For love demands -quid pro quo.
Give it thoughts with respect deserved
It gives inspiration when observed
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF GGAA XXGG HHII JJKK LLMM NNOO |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (89%) |
Metre | 1101111 1101011 1011111 11011101 1111111 01110001 11110111 11110111 01111101 1011101 11010111 01010101 11110111 11011101 0111011 111111001 11010101 11110101 1111111 01110101 11110101 1110111 110100111 010101101 110101010 10101010 1110111 11010101 11011101 0111101 11010111 110110101 0111000101 1101111 11110101 11010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,234 |
Words | 232 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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