Analysis of A Hollowed Out Tree
Living inside the base of a
hollowed out tree
Since childhood, my dreams
have been formed
Living inside a space where
the walls almost touched
Kept me hidden, protected,
and warm
Living inside a place that
no others could see
Beyond privacy, I became lost
in myself
Living inside the base of a
hollowed out tree
Where boyhood memories and early wishes,
—still dwell
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)
Scheme | AB xx xx xx xb xx AB xx b |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10010110 1011 1111 111 1001011 0111 1110010 01 1001011 11011 011001011 01 10010110 1011 1110001010 11 010010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 393 |
Words | 68 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 37 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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