Analysis of The Apple Tree

Drew Thompson Jr 2004 (Cleveland)



I come back to you every so often,
To take & take then gain satisfaction,
I thought attention is what you need,
But it’s the fruit I wanted - nothing but greed,
You give & give without a fight,
Perhaps it's because I was your only light,
Yet I still left,
I got all that I asked for,
Your leaves grew cold,
Then your fruit sat to mold,
Shortly I came back to you,
But left without a word,
I didn't know I was that important,
A bit of light is all you wanted
To grow & grow & have plenty of fruit,
I took that away,
So now you sit & rot,
Im sorry my Apple Tree,
One day you’ll find a light,
To tomorrow or the next,
I hope you believe.


Scheme AABBCCDEFFGHIJKLMNCOP
Poetic Form
Metre 11111100110 11111010 110101111 11011101011 1110101 01101111101 1111 1111111 1111 111111 1011111 110101 1101111010 011111110 11111011 11101 11111 1101101 111101 101101 11101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 640
Words 152
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 21
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 472
Words per stanza (avg) 133
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Written on January 29, 2023

Submitted by andrewdavidthompsonjr on January 29, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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