Analysis of The Forest



This forest is intricate, illusions never cease.
I was hoping to get to a clearing, at least.
But I'm lost, my love and I separate.
The longer I brave the cold nights,
the more I grow desperate.

I wander past the trees,
Their branches uneasily sway.
I hear a voice, is it her I hear?
It was only a bird, I continue my way.

I miss her, I do.
More than anything that exists.
I know she's searching, too.
That's why I persist.
So I'll follow the trees
that lead to no end.
I know I will reach her.
Until that moment, myself I shall fend.


Scheme XXXXX ABXB CXCXADXD
Poetic Form
Metre 1101100010101 111011101011 111110110 01011011 011110 110101 11001001 110111011 111001101011 11011 1110101 111101 11101 111001 11111 111110 011101111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 518
Words 106
Sentences 14
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 8
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 134
Words per stanza (avg) 35
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Submitted by EnergyNovice42 on March 04, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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