Analysis of Weed in the Garden



Gardener, why was I planted here?
What did you see?
The gardener replied, a little weed from the earth
standing with nobody
But the sun burns, said the weed
When the rain pours, it hurts
At times I am buried and feel unwanted by the dirt
Don’t you see I’m weak?
Many thoughts but can barely speak
Oh, gardener, I beg you, please release me
I’m not clothed in beauty or appealing to see
Wait! Don’t walk on by
Don’t you see my pain?
No strength, no roots, much loss, much shame
All I ask is that you release thee
So I can stand with the weeds
Who once stood by me
The gardener replied,
Oh, little weed
So well-spoken yet quite demanding
I will not release thee because
You are withered and burned
But yet still standing


Scheme ABCBDEFGGBBHIJBKBLDMNOM
Poetic Form
Metre 100111101 1111 0100010101101 1011 1011101 101111 11111001010101 11111 10111101 11001111011 111010101011 11111 11111 11111111 111111011 1111101 11111 010001 1101 111011010 11101101 111001 11110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 728
Words 138
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 23
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 558
Words per stanza (avg) 138
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Submitted by LaToyaMartin on July 10, 2021

Modified on March 06, 2023

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