Analysis of Despair
The rose has dressed itself for Spring
in all its finery, and so should you.
Why sit in your empty room
gazing at blind windows?
Life is still here!
A simple flower struggles on…
Because it knows no better, you say…
But no, it lives on
because it does know better ~
Its petals greet the light each day.
When chilled by the cold of driving rain
the flower waits for the warmth of the sun,
and so should you.
Life may show us grief and sorrow,
But, please, live on!
Eat the bread of bitterness if you must,
yet return to kindness when you can.
Remember the deep red rose in your garden.
| Scheme | XAXXX BCBXCXDA XBXXD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01110111 0111000111 1101101 101110 1111 01010101 011111011 11111 0111110 11010111 111011101 0101101101 0111 11111010 1111 1011100111 101110111 01001110110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 571 |
| Words | 114 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 8, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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