Analysis of the garden shrank at night
The garden shrank at night
Luminescent bugs glowed
Bright beneath broken bows,
Trees hung low
Grabbing at air,
The creatures crawled cautiously below.
Strap in, sweet contagion,
Strike me down
With fury and impulse.
Stronger men
Have tried to explain
The world around me
Stronger men
Have carried the weight
Of a more present sense of existence
But none of them
Have existed in my life,
None of them
Have made my decisions for me.
| Scheme | abcdedfghIjkIlmnonk |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010111 01011 101101 111 1011 010110001 101010 111 110010 101 11101 01011 101 11001 1011011010 1111 1010011 111 11101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 437 |
| Words | 88 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 19 |
| Lines Amount | 19 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 348 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 75 |
About this poem
free verse, imagery, empowerment, self awareness.
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Written on October 11, 2019
Submitted on December 12, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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