Analysis of Tree



A single tree
in a medieval forest
amongst so many others.
Am I sycamore or willow or ordinary oak?
Lost
alone
unwanted
Where in my past
will my analyst
discover
the seeds of these cries?


Scheme ABCDEFGHBIJ
Poetic Form
Metre 0101 0001010 0111010 11101111001 1 01 010 1011 11100 010 01111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 177
Words 35
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 11
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 150
Words per stanza (avg) 35
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on April 11, 2023

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