Analysis of Trees and People
Trees blossom.
Trees nourish.
Just as people
Everywhere.
Trees breed shoots.
Trees seek roots.
Just as people
Everywhere.
Trees fall,
Short or tall.
Just as people
Everywhere.
Trees live.
Trees die.
Just as people
Everywhere.
Trees bear fruit.
People bear children.
All preciously harvested.
Trees quite literally,
Are paper-giving
As burnt offering.
People, trees viewing,
Are literacy receiving.
Eternally memorializing.
Trees and people,
People and trees…
Each embracing the other.
| Scheme | xxAB ccAB ddAB xxAB xxx xee eee axx |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110 110 1110 10 111 111 1110 10 11 111 1110 10 11 11 1110 10 111 10110 11100 111000 11010 11100 10110 11000010 01001 1010 1001 1010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 514 |
| Words | 109 |
| Sentences | 18 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 28 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 49 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
About this poem
This poem celebrates the symbiotic relationship between people and trees, each, although a different species, providing and exchanging oxygen, shelter, companionship, medicine, and tranquility. The poem is written metrically in two parts, each with four stanzas; with Part A consisting of a four-line stanza, and with Part B having a three-line stanza.
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Written on November 22, 2021
Submitted by karlcfolkes on November 22, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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