Analysis of My Lonely Tree



My lonely tree sits all alone in my yard, empty of love, empty of life. The branches are bare and withered. Life has left, love has faded away.

The rain falls but nothing grows like before. The true life of my lonely tree is gone, never to return. The leaves are green, but not as vibrant as before.

My lonely tree sits all alone in my yard because she is gone. She was the true root of my lonely tree. She was the love in the rain. The rain still falls, but nothing grows as before. She was my mom.

My lonely tree sits all alone in my yard.


Scheme X X X X
Poetic Form
Metre 110111010111011101101011010111111001 0111101101011111011110101011111110101 110111010110111111011111011101001011111011011111 11011101011
Characters 539
Words 109
Sentences 12
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 104
Words per line (avg) 27
Letters per stanza (avg) 104
Words per stanza (avg) 27

About this poem

The poem represents the feeling of loneliness when one loses a loved one.

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Written on July 20, 2021

Submitted by meechiemom40 on October 27, 2021

Modified on April 12, 2023

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