Analysis of The Garden Of Placebo



In the garden of placebo,
We laid down the weapon's
Of propaganda and our
Pulp warfare. . . .
/Standing in the 'zenith' of truce,
We rested awhile in a 'cease fire.'
Long enough,
For our shadows
To circle around us,
And leave our other sides. . .
/Had there been
A 'real line' drawn in the sand,
Separating us. . .
It would have danced
Back and forth, from my foot
To your foot and between.
/Making it quite difficult
To keep our 'differences'
Clear enough to really
Matter. . .at all.
/In the garden of placebo
You can 'pretend' to love
One another. . .
You can eat bananas or pears
And oranges,
Forgetting completely
Any 'apples' there.
/Above and beyond all,
You can pick yourself up. . .
When you 'fall'.
/In the garden of placebo
That is. . .


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Poetic Form
Metre 00101010 111010 1010010 11 10001011 1100100110 101 1101 110011 0110101 111 0111001 1001 1111 101111 111001 1011100 11101000 101110 1011 00101010 110111 1010 11101011 0100 010010 10101 010011 111011 111 00101010 11
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 726
Words 131
Sentences 28
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 32
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 549
Words per stanza (avg) 143
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Submitted on July 01, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Tracy Bollinger

Always liked to write and have written poems periodically over the years. I've never shared them withanyone except for immediate family. Decided to take the plunge and put some out 'there'. But bearwith me, I don't really know what I'm doing. This is therapy of sorts and I hope to let go of the need to rhyme. It's a mental condition. I recently found out my grandmother used to rhyme all herletters to anyone. Go figure. I hope you all enjoy my ranting! I do like what I've seen other's post. more…

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