The Thirteenth Rose
The thirteenth rose in a dozen,
So beautiful and unique,
All alone, standing out from the rest.
As it is touched
The beauty and life, so present, begin to fade,
Like all things that have been handled carelessly.
The stem bends and droops,
And the petals begin to fall to the floor.
Drip,
Drip,
Drip.
Until the unique rose is not more.
About this poem
I wrote this poem many years ago, but I feel that it's still relevant today. Nature has always been a part of me, and I wanted to express that poetically.
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Written on August 18, 2007
Submitted by mindi.nicole on March 29, 2022
Modified on March 16, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | xxx xxxxaBBBa |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 335 |
Words | 73 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 9 |
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