Analysis of Trees Are Like Kids
Trees are like kids.
You feed them, take care of them.
Then one day, just sprout to be big beautiful trees.
That can reach for the heavens.
Stand straight like a man in uniform.
| Scheme | ABCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tanka (60%) Tetractys (20%) Cinquain (20%) |
| Metre | 1111 1111111 111111111001 1111010 11101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 174 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 137 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Written on August 29, 2006
Submitted by persephonie92 on October 12, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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