Analysis of The Maple
When times of desperation greet me
With tempest and with livid storm,
And violent winds wish to defeat me,
And swallow me within their swarm ...
I will remember where I'm rooted,
And there with courage will abide;
And though the winds my leaves have looted,
Maintain my faith, though it be tried.
So let the darkest storm clouds thunder—
Let rain and wind their havocs wreak!
The world around me wide will wonder
How I stand strong yet seem so weak ...
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF |
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Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme Quatrain |
Metre | 11101011 11001101 0100111011 01010111 110101110 01110101 010111110 01111111 110101110 1101111 010111110 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 456 |
Words | 91 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 118 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
About this poem
... wrote this poem a while back, in a time of struggle, and dedicate it to anyone who might glean any benefit or strength from it.
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