Analysis of In a Tree Today




Sept. 16, 2012

We carved our initials in a tree today.
We talked a lot about God today.
I finally made you honest today
About what was truly on your mind.
I would have much preferred it sooner;
The moment you felt this way.
But then I would have stayed away
Instead of giving my heart and hope
To the future not to be
After you were free.
Instead I gave you what you need,
And you took it, indeed.
I stuck by you as friend, as lover,
Only for my heart to discover
You thought it is getting too serious.
Almost a year you've known my soul
More than you thought you knew before.
I took my time as you wanted to.
In that time we grew and grew.
I knew what I was aiming for,
All through everything and wanting more.
Then I asked and you felt the same.
Remember when you were asking, “Do you think
You will ever get bored of me?”
I responded, “How can you ask that baby?”
Then you asked, “Why do you love me?”
I have given so many reasons…
Ultimately, because you love me.
I have loved you unconditionally.
I think I tried too hard to keep you with me.
And, in this time when I needed you back,
After this three month slack,
You tell me you do not know which way you want to go.
And, suddenly, it's too serious.
I never saw it as anything less.

Life is serious. I am ready to be serious, and I thought you were too.   Damnit, I thought I could be all that you wanted because I have offered everything I could give. And, I've wanted to be everything to you that others previous were far from able to be.  And, the day that you find someone better, I will truly be happy for you.


Scheme X AAAXBAAXCCDDBBEXFGGFFXXCCCXCCCHHXEX G
Poetic Form
Metre 1 111001000101 110101101 1100111001 011110111 111101110 0101111 11111101 011101101 1010111 10101 01111111 011101 111111110 101111010 1111101100 1011111 11111101 111111101 0111101 11111101 11100101 11101101 01011010111 11101111 10101111110 11111111 111011010 100001111 111101000 11111111111 0011111011 101111 1111111111111 010011100 110111101 11100111011100011101111111111100111101011101101110111101000111011001111110111011011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,553
Words 317
Sentences 28
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 35, 1
Lines Amount 37
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 400
Words per stanza (avg) 105
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Submitted on October 15, 2012

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Jampoet M

I started writing poetry at the age of eleven as a way to express what I couldn't otherwise. My poetry is my 'therapy' of sorts and helps me communicate my every raw emotion. It's funny how so much creativity roots itself in our misery, almost more so than our happiness. Being it so for me, my poetry has more darkness than light most of the time...sometimes I just want to strike a nerve. more…

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