Analysis of That Old Tree
There was once a tree
In my back yard.
But we had to cut it down
'Cause it wasn't hard.
Now the tree is gone,
And now I'm all alone
So now I cry about it.
Even over the phone.
Sometime I dream about that tree
And what it could've done
If we hadn't cut it down,
It would be a ton
Of problems for us.
| Scheme | ABCB XDXD AECEX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101 0111 1111111 11101 10111 011101 1111011 101001 1110111 011001 1110111 11101 11011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 286 |
| Words | 66 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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