Analysis of Near Forest Trees So Tall

Steve Cochrane 1955 (Cape)



There was a rabbit who was scared
No matter where he went.
He never had a friend who cared.
No time with him was spent.

Although his social skills were poor,
He sought to teach the small,
Who hopped with needs not met before
Near forest trees so tall.

The other grown-up rabbits thought
He must be very nice
To work with bunnies who are not
The kind they think of twice.

But though they saw him frequently,
They never, ever knew
His fears would only let them see
A microscopic view.


Scheme ABAB XCXC XDXD EFEF
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11010111 110111 11010111 111111 1110101 111101 11111101 110111 01011101 111101 11110111 011111 11111100 110101 11110111 00101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 486
Words 104
Sentences 6
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 95
Words per stanza (avg) 23

About this poem

A kind of fable.

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Written on March 08, 2022

Submitted by stevec.24118 on June 08, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on June 08, 2023

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