Analysis of Wildfire Tears

Angela Crabtree 1982 (maine)



Letting my tears be seen, I sit here as they roll down my cheeks
One by one they land
Your words mean nothing to me anymore
Loneliness spreading like wildfire
Hoping these tears extinguish the fire burning in my heart

By: Angela M. Crabtree


Scheme XXXXX X
Poetic Form
Metre 101111111111111 11111 111101101 10010110 101101001010011 110011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 261
Words 49
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 5, 1
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 97
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Modified on March 05, 2023

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Angela Crabtree

Angela Crabtree is a woman in long-term recovery who started writing in 1996 as a form of emotional release. She uses her life experiences as inspiration for pieces. Angela believes in her ability to draw you into the emotion behind the poem. Angela believes in giving back to her community by advocating for those who need it. She is a member of the MaineMOM Advisory Council. She has done Training with Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of Behavioral Health OPTIONS (Overdose Prevention Through Intensive Outreach, Naloxone, and Safety) program. Angela is a mom, aunt, sister, daughter, student, and more. She believes in helping professionals understand the disease of addiction and how it works. She has faced stigma and unfair treatment in active use and recovery. Her passions are photography, writing, spending time with her family, and art. She continues to display integrity despite the stigma she faces. more…

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