Analysis of A Fallen Rose
A fallen Rose, its petals stout,
Lay on the garden floor.
A victim of a summer storm
It seemed to be no more.
A grateful hand then picked it up
And trembling at the sight,
Gave comfort to the rose that day
And long into the night.
Tho’ grateful for the tender touch
And spoken words of praise,
The Rose remembered oh so well
The Storm of recent days.
That wrapped its windy arms around
And forced the Rose to bend.
And breaking, fell upon the ground
Where petals might not mend.
Tho’ safe within another’s arms
The Rose was injured still,
And only tenderness and love
Could take away the chill.
The Grateful Bearer of the Rose
In spite of well-meant care
Placed the Rose upon the shelf,
Admired its beauty there.
But then the Rose began to speak
With tenderness and care,
Words that came from deep within
A heart that longed to share.
” Remember, I am still a Rose
In need of special care,
For unattached to stem or branch
I can’t be happy there”
“If loving me is what you do
Then you must do your part,
To put me in a special place
That mends my broken heart.”
“For if you place me on the shelf
Where petals dry and break,
What matters well-intentioned heart
If mine is left to ache?”
“Rethink your plan, and if you can
Be what I need you see,
And I will stay your freshest Rose
For all Eternity.”
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01011101 110101 01010101 111111 01011111 0100101 11010111 010101 11010101 010111 01010111 011101 11110101 010111 01010101 110111 110111 011101 01010001 110101 01010101 011111 1010101 0101101 11010111 110001 1111101 011111 01011101 011101 1011111 111101 11011111 111111 11100101 111101 11111101 110101 11010101 111111 01110111 111111 01111101 110100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,322 |
Words | 272 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 44 |
Lines Amount | 44 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,009 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 250 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem for my wife after I had said some unkind words that hurt her feelings.
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