Analysis of Key
A borrowed seed, is watered and
nurtured, it grows and grows into a
tree, later it falls down on me, I
try to save the root, it grows again,
now in two parts, I cut its limbs,
I dare not limit as it grows,
then on one cloudy day a storm comes,
it struggles with the wind and rain.
I worry, as it sways. It houses
others now, yet it still grows way
high above me, farther and farther
away. Funny how we took a seed and
grew a tree, the investment, and
endearment we have for a tree.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKAAL |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111100 101101010 110111111 111011101 10111111 11110111 111101011 11010101 110111110 10111111 101110010 0110111010 10100100 01011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 468 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 364 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 99 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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