Analysis of Me and the tree



I'm walking and limping
with shards in my feet
There is a willow tree
at the end of the street

Who'll soothe me
and kiss me
when water turns ice
When nude and brown branches
won't let go of my hand

But one day
The tree fell
And with it all my dreams
Even though they were dark
but they were part of me

Like that dog
with three limbs
I was staggering free
Be alone without tree
Without fears
Without me

And with that the light came
from the moon up the trees
And my soul disappeared
in the trunk of that tree


Scheme XABA BBXXX XXXXB XXBBXB XXXB
Poetic Form
Metre 110010 11011 11011 101101 111 011 11011 110110 111111 111 011 011111 101101 110111 111 111 111001 101011 011 011 011011 101101 01101 001111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 511
Words 108
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 5, 5, 6, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 80
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Written on May 04, 2022

Submitted by baceviciute on August 16, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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