Analysis of Pruning
There comes a time to prune bushes and trees
of root sapping branches, infectious disease.
A cancerous manner breaking an oath;
some call it "growing" when it's really "a growth."
Divergent paths lead to drifting apart;
no accusations, only cause to depart.
The deepest commitments should not erode
philosophies and values of different code.
A point is reached when we must close the door:
preventing abuse, exploitation and gore.
Peace offerings rejected, just let it go;
attempting to "fix it" gives nothing to show.
Hit the ground running and never looking back;
pick-up the suitcases and do not unpack.
Collapsing dreams without structural base:
a reality wake-up soon will erase.
A long history shared, now left with goodbye;
ambivalent heart tugs, move on with a sigh.
There comes a time to prune the trees of life
of sapping relationships, conflict and strife.
Scheme | AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH II JJ |
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Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 1101111001 11101001001 0100101011 11110111001 0101111001 1010101101 0100101101 010001011001 0111111101 010011001 11000101111 01011111011 10110010101 1101001101 0101011001 010111101 0110011111 01001111101 1101110111 1100101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 848 |
Words | 143 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on April 15, 2023
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