Ivy
Ivy clings to an ancient wall
An emerald gown flowing
Across crumbling brick and mortar
No mighty trunk is visible
But its tendrils have worried
Their way into every crevice
If the ivy were pulled down now,
The mortar would come with it
And the wall would tumble
I am the ancient wall
And you are the ivy growing
Up the framework of my masonry
I was doing you a favor, at first
Providing you the support to grow
And feel the sun, and flourish
You have penetrated my cracks
And I no longer know at all
Which of us is supporting the other
I do not know that it matters
I would fall without you and
You could not grow without me
So, we can continue to grow
Together, intertwined, one
Ivy and wall, wall and ivy
About this poem
This poem was first published in 2021.
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Written on September 04, 2021
Submitted by pssteele84 on September 20, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | A B C D X X X X D A B E X F X X A C X X E F X E |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 684 |
Words | 138 |
Stanzas | 24 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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