Analysis of A Rose's journey
Rababe Elouadi 2002 (Morocco)
A Rose's journey
It was once vividly red.
It was once blooming.
It was once alive.
Suddenly,
it was decapitated.
the redness paled
as if almost all life escaped it.
It feels rough and dry,
But it doesn't look dead
It looks ...exhausted
Worn off
That's when people ditch it
Bastards!
They sniff life out of it.
Then, leave it to the cruelty of wind , of feet or of hungry creatures
Little did they know that despite its paleness,
it's still alive.
Although it's not as red as it used to be,
It's not coulerless.
Although it's not blooming within grains of soil ,
It can still bloom elsewhere.
Within the pages of a book or
Within the frame of a masterpiece .
Scheme | ABCDAEFGHBIJGKGLKDAKMNOP |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010 1111001 11110 11101 100 110100 0101 11111011 11101 111011 11010 11 111011 10 111111 11110101111111010 1011110111 1101 1111111111 111 1111001111 11111 010101011 01011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 663 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 506 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 124 |
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