Analysis of The Giving Tomato By Arman Hoque



I once had a dream of a beautiful garden.
I thought a garden is a great place to have a back yard in.
Whether one’s in the other or the other’s in the same,
I approached giving to the nature nearby as a summertime game.

I planted a variety of seeds with tenderness and care.
I breathed rejuvenation and the promise of fresh air.
I sowed into the earth, marking lines in the land.
My green journey began as I’d begun to understand.

I watered my seedlings as they started to grow,
Tiny signs of my labour of love did show.
Yet only in my mind, did nature’s connection I know.

As time went by, my plants grew some more;
What started as recreation became more of a chore.
As walks and acts of giving care started to make me sore.
Then the day came when the first flower bore.
Somehow, from then on, the aches didn’t bother me anymore.

I approached every bloom and tendril with love,
Dreaming of the fruit that would blossom Thereof.
Gently shaping each part with passion and care;
Getting gardening gloves and clothes to have fashionable wear.
The garden took shape from what wasn’t there.
I’d created a Microsystem from out of love and thin air.

Veggies and roses, in various poses around,
Burst out alive from the invested-in ground.
Water flowing through the garden with a sonorous sound.
By midsummer’s night, there were flowers, fruit and veggies abound.

That’s when the garden breathed life past itself into others -
Animals of all sizes, birds of all colours
Made the garden a home or a stop to lands other.

I harvested the crops with vigour and zeal.
Some I’d mid together or spice into a meal.
Some types of plants have particular appeal.
Eggplant and tomato I’ll plant again next year.
I’ll harvest a few more tomatoes before they disappear.

The tomato plants were splendid,  robust and strong.
Birds came for my grapes and paid us in song.
The fish in the pond thrived as they grew.  
This summer’s school of babies were something brand new.

The garden came together on the back of the tomato vine;
So robust it grew, with fruit sweet and fine;
Gave perfect demonstration of how my garden did shine.

The harvest is over, the colours have faded,
The chill that comes to bear has been reinstated.
I walk into the mist, as the cool climate grows;
And yet lo and behold, two last tomatoes.

A smile in my heart, I savour the smell,
the garden’s earthy fullness, like natures own spell.
I head back indoors to await winter… oh well.


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Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 2,476
Words 499
Sentences 35
Stanzas 12
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 5, 6, 4, 3, 5, 4, 3, 4, 3
Lines Amount 48
Letters per line (avg) 40
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 159
Words per stanza (avg) 37

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(Inspired by a Tomato and Shel Sylverstein’s The Giving Tree)

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Submitted by Arman_1 on October 26, 2023

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Arman Hoque

Founder of Empyrean Law and Senior Counsel, Arman Hoque holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Windsor in addition to a Master’s degree in Public Administration and a B.A. degree in Law and Society from the Ivy League Cornell University. In July 2004, he was called to the bar as barrister, solicitor, and notary public, following Articles with a prestigious Queen’s Counsel Firm. He worked in association with several prominent law firms and sage mentors to develop his high standard before establishing his own practice. Since then, he has grown his law firm. Focused on his compassion for access to justice, Mr. Hoque has received news attention for cases he has fought and won for his clients spanning 15 years of practice. He has contributed to precedents in the legal community and has been awarded numerous accolades recognizing his devotion to the law. For his clients, he uses his formidable cumulative knowledge and world-spanning experiences to effectively turn their real into as close to their ideal as legally possible. He has been a poet most his life, having self-published a volume in 1993 by honour of his patron father. more…

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