Analysis of My Patch - My Garden - A Short Story
My Patch – My Garden
As l look out to my patch – my garden I feel blessed to have this tiny bit of nature on my doorstep. It is spring and the apple tree in my back garden is in full bloom. Soft pink petals beside deeper red buds that are still to bloom. The contrasting colours are beautiful to see. The blossom fills the air with a sweet delicate fragrance. A bumble bee has appeared buzzing and breaking the peace. She has her work to do as she busies herself pollinating the tree. Oh, I do hope in a few years the young tree will produce apples. It is a self-pollinating tree so I only bought the one tree.
I turn around and look at the forest flame with its bright and vibrant red leaves. They shine brightly in the sunshine. I feel a leaf, surprisingly the texture is a little rough like my cat’s tongue but such a beautiful colour of red. Then I hear the sound of bird song coming from the trees in the little field beside my house. My eyes fall upon the dandelions and weeds I have not yet pulled up, yet they too have their place in nature.
The bird bath will need filled with fresh water to entice the birds. It is lovely to see a blackbird or sparrow fluttering its wings in the bird bath, cooling down from the summer sun. Today however it is still spring and my shrubs and trees are a different stages of their life. My cherry blossom tree has shed its beautiful pink petals and now I see the lush green leaves in their place.
Mr. Squirrel sometimes appears in my garden looking for bird seeds and nuts. I gave him a lot of monkey nuts which he enjoyed eating. Now I find the shells crunching under my feet. The white woodchip mulch compliments the deeper colours of the shrubs.
The rosebush in my front garden is filled with lush green leaves. The tiny buds are closed for now. They are sleeping as it is too early for them to bloom. They need warmer weather where they will wake from their slumber and open their petals to the summer sun. All is well with my patch.
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Metre | 11110 11111111101111111011101111110010101110101111100110111111100101110011010101101100100101101100100111011111101101111100110111011011011111101011 1101011010111101011111000111010100010101011111110100111111011111010100101011111101010001111111111111010 011111111010101111011010110100110011101101010110111101101101001011111010111110011001110111011 10100101011010111011110111011101101110110101101111000101101 010111011111101011111111011111011111110101111111001011010101111111 |
Characters | 1,995 |
Words | 390 |
Sentences | 28 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 6 |
Letters per line (avg) | 261 |
Words per line (avg) | 64 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 261 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 64 |
About this poem
Not a poem but a short story about my patch. My patch being my garden. A little bit of nature on my front doorstep. Kim
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