Analysis of Rough Stuff
Thorns in the grass
Yet--wow!
They come up
In certain seasons.
Cutting them off
Won't help.
Grabbing the jabs,
One gets bloody.
The struggle's
In the root,
Not the stalks.
Forgiveness is sharper.
Dig down deep.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLM |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001 11 111 01010 1011 11 1001 1110 010 001 101 010110 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 211 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 162 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
About this poem
To get rid of rough stuff and hard memories is to forgive.
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Written on March 07, 2022
Submitted by heartbluegrass on March 09, 2022
Modified on April 27, 2023
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