Analysis of The lonely tree



The lonely tree :
 A tree it  falls alone it falls on no body ,
That tree it  falls in silence no one there to see ,
No one there to feel the impact on the ground ,
No one there to watch it’s death nor there to hear the sound ,

This loneliness I struggle to articulate ,
It smothers my existence it depicts my fate ,
If only I could rise above,
 take back control,
And end the constant battle between mind and soul

These pills are doing nothing to recalibrate ,
I can not let theses wee white devils seal my faith ,
I’ll  dig down deep inside until I find the
Pain .
Then put in place the sun shine and remove the rain .

I’ll keep fighting this disease until my mind breaks free ,
To recreated that Clip from verve’s sweet symphony ,
I’ll bolster down the town with my head held up high ,
Then cast away the shackles and away Ill fly .


Scheme AAABB CCXDD BXXEE AAFF
Poetic Form
Metre 0101 011101111110 111101011111 11111001101 1111111111101 11001101010 110101010111 11011101 1101 010101001101 111101011 1111101110111 11110101110 1 110101100101 1110101011111 110011111100 110101111111 110101000111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 851
Words 177
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 4
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 160
Words per stanza (avg) 44

About this poem

My best friend struggles with mental health so I wrote this in order to understand

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Submitted by endanowlan on August 16, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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