Analysis of Alive



I stand in the endless oblivion of an Appalachian forest

I wonder how long the trees have been alive and how long the rocks have rooted themselves in the ancient dirt

This tree is probably decades older than me

Wait, I'm alive

I awoke this morning

I opened my eyes and I breathed this morning

I raised out of bed and I walked this morning

My brain pondered worthless questions of what I was
going to eat this morning

I took a shower and prepared for the day this morning

I went into the woods this morning

I stood below a tree and questioned its age this morning

I thought about how old a rock was this morning

As I think of all this I realize something

I am alive this morning


Scheme X X X X A A A XA A A A A A A
Poetic Form
Metre 11001001001101010 11011011101011011100100101 111100011011 1101 101110 11011011110 11111011110 111010101111 1011110 11010001101110 110101110 11010101011110 110111011110 11111111010 1101110
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 691
Words 146
Sentences 1
Stanzas 14
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 39
Words per stanza (avg) 9

About this poem

Something I wrote while on a walk in Appalachia

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Written on May 14, 2022

Submitted by Vie.Lewis on May 15, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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