Analysis of The Flower
Can a flower break the silence
Create wonder then a smile
Overcome the cry of sadness
Even for a little while
When someone’s lost a loved one
Sometimes our words in vain
Reach out to that outer flank
Not inward to the pain
Not knowing really what to say
One tries to think it through
What do you say to one you love
It’s difficult to do
The scene one can imagine
An orchid or a rose
Tendered by the gardener’s rake
And watered by the hose
With its fragrance and its beauty
Just given tenderly
A special gift to one you love
It might just set them free
| Scheme | XAXA BCXC XDED BFXF GGEG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (25%) |
| Metre | 10101010 0110101 1001110 1010101 111011 0110101 1111101 110101 11010111 111111 11111111 110011 0111010 110101 10101001 010101 11100110 110100 01011111 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 567 |
| Words | 119 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Memory of a friend
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