Analysis of Apple Tree



If I'd be
An apple tree
I'd sketch in black
Through winter white
Then 'spring' into green an' red
Lest birds 'n' squirrels think me dead.


Scheme AABCDD
Poetic Form
Metre 111 1101 1101 1101 1101111 11110111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 137
Words 26
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 104
Words per stanza (avg) 26

About this poem

Apple Trees in snow seem so forlorn you'd never guess they'd be full of juicy fruit come next summer.

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Written on January 19, 2024

Submitted by gaurav_m on January 19, 2024

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Gaurav Mehra

Hi, I am 47, and I was born in Bombay, now Mumbai - a rebound to its earlier name. I've realized it isn't just names that change but cities and people too. I've changed. Umpteen times. And a thousand circles later I'm back to writing poetry, a passion that began when I first fell in love a million years ago. I was 13 then, and a fool, realizing not the causes that make a poet of a boy. I love the sea and the mountains alike so I am perennially inspired to write poetry. more…

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