Analysis of Woods



I walked into the woods of my mind
Through lush pines
Fresh air
Earth beneath my feet, healing me
Greenery invades me
Wild yellow lilies surround me
Their sweet smell fills me
I. Am. Happy.

Faintly someone asked me “where do you go?”
My mind returns
I’m back
I’m sitting in your kitchen
Having a cup of Joe
I reply “The happiest place I know”

Then I brought you there
Shared my secret place
Stripped my mind for you to see me bare
Come let me take you there

But
You
Cut down my trees
Destroy my evergreens
Set them on fire
Damn me to hell
Leave
Just go
So I can Mourn my desolate forest, alone

Do you think of me?
Gazing at what I loved most?
All I am now is but a woodland ghost
~L.E.


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Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 721
Words 164
Sentences 9
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 8, 6, 4, 9, 4
Lines Amount 31
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 106
Words per stanza (avg) 28

About this poem

I wrote this poem in the middle of a heartbreak, the woods were my happy place. I let one one person into them and now my happy place is filled with sadness

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Written on June 24, 2023

Submitted by Larisayarber on June 27, 2023

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Larisa Elaine

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