Analysis of Friends



Friends are like trees.
There are some who are the leaves,
And some who are the branches,
But rarely the roots.

Friends who are leaves tend to change as the seasons change,
Find a way to let go of those who are leaves.
Friends who are branches appear to be strong, and loyal,
They promise they will hold everything together,
But they break the moment you mess up.
Friends who are roots are the rare ones,
They are the ones you keep.

Even though there are thousands of leaves,
And many branches,
There are only a few roots that hold it all together.

People will see it as a full tree.
People won’t know who your leaves are,
Or your branches,
And clearly not your roots.


Scheme XABC XAXDXXX ABD XDBC
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 1111101 0111010 11001 111111110101 10111111111 1111001111010 11011110010 111010111 11111011 110111 101111011 01010 11100111111010 101111011 10111111 1110 010111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 676
Words 146
Sentences 9
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 7, 3, 4
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 131
Words per stanza (avg) 32

About this poem

I wrote this poem for people to realize who their friends are.

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Written on March 23, 2023

Submitted by Malak on March 24, 2023

Modified on April 19, 2023

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