Analysis of Oak Trees



From
the farthest
reaching branches

spared
by the shadow
under which
they would not grow

blown by wind

lost seeds
fall on the ground
under the sun


Scheme XXX XAXA X XXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1 010 1010 1 101 101 1111 111 11 1101 1001
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 155
Words 34
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 4, 1, 3
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 11
Words per line (avg) 2
Letters per stanza (avg) 30
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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Submitted by Traian06 on March 05, 2023

Modified by Traian06 on March 26, 2023

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