Analysis of Grew, Grown-Growing

Eugene L. Essex 1981 (Cape Town)



Sometimes I look around
And around I look
Seeing everything of this nothing
Hearing all this silence
No one to talk to or listen to
Just like the tree,

Unfolding beauty,
Breaking out of this darkness stiffness
Why, how, and yet un-fold, ING-on and in
To, that and this, yet, wait, now not yet later
And soon, when

All is re-, all is ah, wow,
When, awaken-Ed, arisen-ed,
Beautifully fully complemented
Completely,
Yet, yet, still, nothing
Silent, all around empty

But you, but I,
And yet. Us.
Forever.
No end always.
Full
One.


Scheme XXAXXB BCXDX XXXBAB XCDXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 011101 00111 10101110 101110 111111101 1101 01010 101111010 1101111100 11011111110 011 1111111 101010101 10010100 010 11110 1010110 1111 011 010 111 1 1
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 538
Words 107
Sentences 6
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 5, 6, 6
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 100
Words per stanza (avg) 23

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Difficult times, yet us love live on.

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Written on September 19, 2023

Submitted by Eugene.Essex on September 19, 2023

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