Analysis of The Flower



He was lost in the desert
for the miles he could not stand
As he traveled for a distance
he was not prepared to land

And he passed the many sand grains
for his life that would be rough
When he came upon a flower
saying life for you is tough

And I saw it in his eyes
that he knew the flower's right
and the flower knew to say to him
I'm better than you -right?


Scheme XAXA XBXB XCXC
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1110010 1011111 11101010 1110111 01101011 1111111 11101010 1011111 0111011 111011 001011111 110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 361
Words 79
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 93
Words per stanza (avg) 26

About this poem

Stop and hear the flowers

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Written on March 24, 2022

Submitted by Poetbird on March 24, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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