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
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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Gabriel McBride

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