Analysis of With Flowers to Grow
After the flowers called Impatience died,
I pulled up the roots that were all dried.
All that was left was a bed of soil
that I watered regardless,
and ever so loyal.
The barren flowerpot I watered anyway
in the hope that flowers
would bloom one day.
A day after rain I came to see
three beautiful flowers coming to be.
They bloomed, tall
and beautiful evermore
as flowers called Impatience,
like the ones before.
It was a miracle from God,
three beautiful flowers
sent from heaven with eternal love.
But one day,
in a fit of rage I could not explain,
I wanted to destroy something
to ease my pain.
The flowers that grew so beautiful
did not soothe my soul.
I was enraged evermore
and pulled them from the soil
Never have I regretted doing such a thing
to something so innocent of anything.
To bring them back, how I wish I knew,
and turn the hands of time,
when they first grew.
God’s beautiful gift
I would love forever,
and cherish
what was sent from heaven.
And still I water the empty bed of soil,
eventhough,
heaven may not bless me
with flowers to grow.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001010101 111011011 111110111 1110010 010110 0101011010 001110 1111 011011111 1100101011 111 010010 1101010 10101 11010011 110010 111010101 111 0011111101 11010110 1111 010111100 11111 110110 011101 101101010101 1101100110 111111111 010111 1111 11001 111010 010 111110 01110010111 1 101111 11011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,025 |
Words | 198 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 9, 8, 9, 4 |
Lines Amount | 38 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 167 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on January 30, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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