Analysis of Tree
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
Some days I'm an oak.
Others, I'm a willow.
I'm strong.
I bend.
As a tree,
My leaves sway in the gust,
My roots grounded.
I remain delivered.
Outside,
I face a world
That feels unknown,
A place
Where I may not belong
Or have developed.
Questions haunt me.
I'm unsure,
And unsure again,
And unsure once more.
Insecurity swells,
Like it never has.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLCMENOPQR |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 11111 10101 11 11 101 111001 1110 101010 11 1101 1101 01 111101 11010 1011 101 00101 00111 01001 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 351 |
| Words | 81 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 260 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 64 |
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Written on June 01, 2023
Submitted by JoeStrickland on June 01, 2023
Modified by JoeStrickland on June 01, 2023
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