Analysis of Writing



I went to the place of reviving
 where blessings are easy to see,
 but I saw the place was invaded
 by some who demolish the ease.

Take care not to allow anyone
 to trample your feelings of truth.
 We all fight the same battle:
 Maturing is abandoning youth.

Take care also to be blameless
 of disrupting the place of release.
 Others may fill it with sadness
 but they walk away with such peace.

Writing can be exorcism.
 It helps to digest and dispose.
 We cannot know anyone's battle
 no matter what words may disclose.

If sadness is left in the garden
 Soon it will be overcome.
 Wisdom comes after healing.
 This sanctuary is for everyone.

So come to the garden with freedom
 Say all that is in your heart,
 knowing you may find your healing,
 and peacefully you may depart.


Scheme AXXX BCDC EFEF GHDH BGAB GIAI
Poetic Form Quatrain  (67%)
Metre 111011010 11011011 111011010 11101001 11110110 11011011 1110110 010101001 11101110 101001101 10111110 11101111 10111 11101001 11011010 11011101 110110010 111110 1011010 11001110 111010110 1111011 10111110 01001101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 761
Words 140
Sentences 12
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 101
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on October 12, 2012

Modified on March 05, 2023

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