Analysis of She Never Cared For Flowers



A vision of beauty, aroma to amaze,
They blossom through sunshine and showers,
But live a brief life of merely a few days,
So, She Never Cared For Flowers,

A vision of beauty that time can't distort,
Blossomed through love, she cherished the hours,
Living her life that was much too short,
No, do not send her flowers,

She said, "Show me your love in other ways,
Smother me with kisses, caress till I cry,
Hug me so tightly, say sweet words each day,
Don't give me flowers for they soon fade and die,

No, She Never Cared For Flowers,
They live for a while, become shriveled and dried,
We met, we loved, but eternity's not ours,
She's heaven's new star, and with her, my soul died.


Scheme ABAB CBCB ADXD BEBE
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 010110010101 11011010 11011110011 11101110 01011011101 1011110010 100111111 1111010 1111110101 10111001111 1111011111 11110111101 11101110 11101011001 111111110 11011010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 683
Words 145
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 130
Words per stanza (avg) 32

About this poem

In honor of my dear wife who lost her battle with cancer in the year 2015. It depicts my impression of her distress at the thought of her imminent passing on

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Written on March 06, 2016

Submitted on June 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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