Analysis of Words with a Dead Tree

Noah bredbury 2005 (Connecticut)



As I wander amongst the many shades of green, I feel the need to speak with a dead tree.
Will she revive and make friends with me?
Will her rotten ligaments begin to unspoil ?
Will her branches grow and uncoil?
I sit with the now living tree listening to the birds performing
Her breath was so quiet as if she were snoring.
She was not like other trees, her wind was not roaring.
How did you perish? I asked the tree.
My own roots had strangled me explained she
That’s what i sense inside me taken place
Heartache was written on both of our faces
The tree was understanding of my mind’s culmination
This did bring yet a peaceful sensation
I think my own roots have started to release
Maybe I'll meet some more dead trees.


Scheme AABBCCCAADEFFGH
Poetic Form
Metre 1110010101111101111011 110101111 10101000111 1010101 11101101100101010 011110111010 1111101011110 111101101 1111101011 1111011101 11101111010 011010111010 1111010010 11111110101 10111111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 712
Words 136
Sentences 9
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 38
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 571
Words per stanza (avg) 137
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