Analysis of The Age-Old Maple Mahogany Tree

Brittany Wilson 1988 (Milwaukee, WI)

Ode


My parents once had an age-old Maple Mahogany tree
We would glance at it from the dining room window
As we looked at our clock, it sounded off &
Said that the time is quarter after three.

Upon us glancing at this tree, we came across a beehive in front & a wasp nest next to the hive
We were so scared, we almost drove into the tree
But we were safe from harm because of us wearing seatbelts
We made s’mores tonight & hopefully the marshmallows & ooey-gooey chocolate melts.


Scheme AXXA XABB
Poetic Form
Metre 110111111001001 111111010110 11111011101 1101110101 01110111110101010111101 10111110101 1101110111101 11101100010110101
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 477
Words 93
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 47
Words per line (avg) 11
Letters per stanza (avg) 186
Words per stanza (avg) 46
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Submitted on April 14, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Brittany Wilson

Brittany Wilson is from Milwaukee, WI & has loved poetry since 5th grade (age 10). Her all-time favorite poets are Emily Dickinson & the incomparable Dr. Maya Angelou. more…

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