Analysis of Flower's life
Trembling was the land
upon which they tread
for fear was their name
and fear they spread
Through the curtains I saw them
beneath the silver moon
Their shout, their noises
quickly reached my room
Unstoppable like floods
pushing the door broken
by the wild song of their steps
the stairs were woken
All barriers fell
and before I could realize
bullets pierced the air
and blind went my eyes
They remained standing
upon the door of my room
Their guns now held down
Mission accomplished too soon
The next day I saw
my funeral take place
The people who gathered
down their tears raced
Take the flowers you laid
upon my grave terrified
for my life was shorter
than a flower's life
Scheme | ABCBDEFGHIJIKLMLNGOEPQRSTUVW |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100101 01111 11111 0111 1010111 010101 11110 10111 010011 100110 1011111 01010 11001 0011110 10101 01111 10110 0101111 11111 1001011 01111 110011 010110 1111 101011 011110 111110 1011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 648 |
Words | 123 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 28 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 551 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 123 |
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Submitted on January 20, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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