Analysis of The Plant (I know it's long but please read it)
A plant grew in a forest
beginning as a sapling in a crowded opening
two inches tall
with no idea of what it was becoming
it rose slowly
but consistently
as others rose above it for light
it reaped the benefits of leftovers
this plant grew
not to be the tallest
not to be the prettiest
but it grew
It took in carbon dioxide
and released oxygen
it did its job
it was a good plant
eventually like most things this plant died
after being trampled by a young boy
this boy visited this forest everyday
its nature was his greatest toy
he knew the surroundings by heart
from the tallest tree to the smallest shrew
he saw all in his dreams
he knew all the plants save for a few
one of those few was our plant
although it stood tall, it was not tall enough
although it was pretty, it was not pretty enough
it died unremarkable
it was a good plant
it did its job
but it died without a trace
because it never risked to take another's place
and so the boy grew older
he left the forest for an office
in the hopes that one day
he'd be rich enough to return
so he climbed the ladder
and said all the right things
he was a good man
he did his job
until he met a girl
a girl so powerful
so unmistakably perfect
he had to rise above the others
he left his job because he hated it
he stood tall to reach the sun
he took risks not because he had to
but because he wanted to
this man died poor
he did not succeed
there was no beverly hills
no millionaire mansion down the street
this man never climbed that corporate ladder
never got lost in the rat race
never missed the birth of his son
never broke a promise to that boy
he took a risk he shouldn't have
an unnecessary leap of faith
he looked back on his past
the trouble he left in his wake
he remembered that plant
the one he didn't see
the reason he is who he is
the man who became a tree
take risks because you should
because one day you will die
buried under dirt
while your life has passed you by
life is too short
too precious
to be a good man
to just do your job
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Metre | 0110010 01010100010100 1101 110101111010 1110 10100 110101111 110100110 111 111010 1110100 111 1101001 001100 1111 11011 01000111111 1010101011 11100110101 11011101 11001011 1010110101 111011 111011101 11111101 1111111101 111101111001 1100100 11011 1111 1110101 011101110101 0101110 110101110 001111 11101101 111010 011011 11011 1111 011101 011100 1010001 111101010 1111011101 1111101 111101111 1011101 1111 11101 1111001 10110101 11101110010 10110011 10101111 101010111 11011101 10100111 111111 01011011 101011 011101 01011111 0110101 110111 0111111 10101 1111111 1111 110 11011 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,931 |
Words | 405 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 16, 16, 16, 16, 8 |
Lines Amount | 72 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 318 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 81 |
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Submitted on July 27, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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