Analysis of A tree



A tree
A stationary tree
The bark so righteous; its core so pure
The leaves illuminate with the sunlight
The roots befriend the live earth
All as one, freely

A human
A cross human
The skin pungent and oily, exterior crude
Their hardened minds dripping blue
Coarse sounds spewing from their inner tubes
“The trees are to harvest!”; spitting dew
Less and less they grew
Few, no new
None left to sew
More to mow, and mow, and mow
“Soon, the world will grow!”

Empty oceans
Dearth of earth
Smoldered books
Pristine televisions
Crisp dollars
Bloodshot eyes
Shallow pleasure
All we need

A tree
A dead tree
A dead human
Nothing.


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Poetic Form
Metre 01 01001 011101111 010100101 0101011 11110 010 0110 011001001001 1101101 111011101 011110101 10111 111 1111 1110101 10111 1010 111 11 10100 110 11 1010 111 01 011 0110 10
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 631
Words 116
Sentences 3
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 11, 8, 4
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 124
Words per stanza (avg) 28

About this poem

I wrote this poem as an outlet to express my disgust about the neglect that our world endures to satisfy the material needs of man. It is only a matter of time before these materialistic desires impact our environment, and it will have been too late by then.

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Written on January 09, 2024

Submitted by noahc_ishere on January 10, 2024

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Noah Carmona

Hi! My name is Noah. I am a seventeen-year-old writer from Vermont, originally hailing from Illinois. I am a junior in high school, and I have been pursuing the art of writing since 6th grade through modes like essays, stories, and poems. I have had my work published in newspapers such as Burlington Free Press, and VTDigger on behalf of the Young Writer's Project. I have also had my work cited in a Seven Days Article about fish and chips. I enjoy biking, swimming, acting, cooking, and hiking. You can see more of my work here: https://youngwritersproject.org/user/1528 more…

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