Analysis of The Cutting
There was a flower cutting
over the sink
last morning
Drawing life
from careless spills.
From the wasted motions
of thoughtless strangers
As with a salve
its’ cut was healed.
I wonder if that
bud will blossom
or that fine mesh
of roots
will ever grow strong?
I wonder if ever
it will offer cuttings
to some gardener
of its’ own?
Someone’s left his fancy
there
forgot awhile
the rebirth
he was called to tend.
I’m ashamed to leave it
without offering a prayer
that the one
who gave it purpose
comes for it again.
Scheme | AXAXX XXXX XXXXX BXBX XXXXX XBXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101010 1001 110 101 1101 101010 11010 1101 1111 11011 1110 1111 11 11011 110110 111010 11100 111 11110 1 0101 001 11111 101111 0110001 101 11110 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 492 |
Words | 95 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 68 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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