Analysis of Flower crown



I picked daisies from the earth where
You buried me
I helped them to grow in the soil of
My decomposing hands
I wove them together into a crown
And placed it gently on your head

I watched them dry and shrivel
And I died again to grow you another


Scheme XXXXXX XX
Poetic Form
Metre 11101011 1101 111110011 10101 1110100101 01110111 1111010 01101111010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 247
Words 52
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 2
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 98
Words per stanza (avg) 25

About this poem

This is a poem about the cycle of self-hatred and self-blame that can follow an emotionally damaging relationship

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Written on December 16, 2023

Submitted by Av3rymaeve on December 16, 2023

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Avery Maeve

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