Analysis of Gardens in the Sand
On the dunes of this Kuwaiti desert
Parched by years of greed and conflict
The north-easterlies weave patterns learnt
Perhaps an incarnation or two ago
Over the exquisite rock gardens of Kyoto.
Amidst the debris of invasion and occupation
The chiaroscuro of browns and burnt oil sludge
Weave a carpet of Rohrsach blots on the sand
Inviting us to project onto the undulations
The anthers and petals of pain and maybe hope
Hidden in the dark recesses of our minds.
Like the parched winds shifting the sand
Looking for a tinge of moisture
We sift through the debris of our lives
And find nothing but flotsam and jetsam
In the garden of sand in our minds
| Scheme | XXXAA XXBCXC BXCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011101010 11111010 0111101 01101101101 100100110110 0100110100010 01110111 1010111101 01011101001 01010110101 100011001101 10111001 10101110 1110011101 011011001 0010110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 635 |
| Words | 116 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 6, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 177 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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