Analysis of Balloons And Flowers
Love is a flourishing flower
that blooms in a sunless, cold night.
Hate is an ugly weed sprouting
fertilized by anger and fright.
Joy is a helium balloon
rising high in azure, clear skies.
Sadness, a heavy weight millstone
a sinking, huge burden of sighs.
Peace is a calm, wavelet ocean
a comfortable bosom for rest.
Conflict a tornadic fury
flinging mindful reason's behest.
Love, joy and peace overriding
all hate, sadness, conflict in life.
Our human spirit can conquer
the negative vices and strife.
| Scheme | ABCB XDXD XEXE CFAF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11010010 1100111 11110110 1011001 11010001 10101011 1001011 01011011 1101110 010001011 10001010 1010101 1101100 11101001 101010110 01001001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 488 |
| Words | 85 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on April 28, 2023
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