Analysis of Hanging Empty Garden
Allow me, for a moment,
to step from my comfort zone;
and return to a place,
which chills me to the bone.
My place of solitude,
where I carry my despair;
and bury it in my garden,
suffering the toxic air.
Sowing seeds of sorrow,
from the misery bowl;
tending yesterday's wounds,
pulling weeds from my soul.
Planting apathy to drown,
watered with tears of salt;
filtered through the blame,
knowing it's always my fault.
Sitting in the poison dust,
of my Empty Garden;
bleeding out my disdain,
seeking a merciful pardon.
Knowing my disappointment,
is only what you will find;
is the awful stench of rot,
oozing out from my mind.
Fertilizing with the sadness,
the tree of false hope;
where you will find me,
hanging from the rope.
Scheme | ABXB XCDC XEXE XFXF XDXD AGXG XHXH |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 0111010 1111101 001101 111101 11110 1110101 01010110 1000101 101110 101001 10101 101111 1010011 101111 10101 101111 1000101 111010 101101 10010010 101010 1101111 1010111 101111 1001010 01111 11111 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 721 |
Words | 132 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 81 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on January 18, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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