Analysis of Sequoia

Lonnie Larson 1959 (Minnesota)



Oh, look at you, majestic pine.
You once stood there, through all time.

Through the ages you did stand,
Clinging tightly to the land.

Standing stately, tall and fair.
Cleaning water, making air.

With your canopies of green,
nothing nicer, man has seen.

Now you lie there, on the ground.
You did fall with thunderous sound.

Man will mourn you and will weep.
You will not awaken from your sleep.

Woodland creatures on you toil.
Returning you back now, to the soil.

Oh, look at you, majestic pine.
You once stood there, through all time.


Scheme AB cc dd ee ff gg hh AB
Poetic Form
Metre 11110101 1111111 1010111 1010101 1010101 1010101 11111 1010111 1111101 11111001 1111011 111010111 110111 010111101 11110101 1111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 526
Words 96
Sentences 14
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 52
Words per stanza (avg) 12

About this poem

About nature and life.

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Written on August 12, 2003

Submitted by LatexQuasar on January 09, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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