Analysis of Oak
He was never my rock
but he was always my oak,
constantly standing through
whatever weather I blew his way,
and still growing.
| Scheme | ABCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tanka (60%) Cinquain (40%) |
| Metre | 111011 111111 100101 10101111 0110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 126 |
| Words | 25 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Written on 2019
Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 06, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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