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A dark, twisted, skeletal tree with gnarled branches against a stormy, lightning-filled sky. Text patterns are integrated into the tree.

A dark, twisted, skeletal tree with gnarled branches against a stormy, lightning-filled sky. Text patterns are integrated into the tree.

This design uses a twisted, nightmarish tree to represent the narrator's deteriorating mind, with the elements of the poem physically trapped within its structure. 1. The Central Image: The Tree • The Look: Draw a towering, skeletal tree that looks tortured and unnatural. The trunk should be split or cracked, and the branches should curl like bony, grasping hands against a dark, stormy sky (your "bleak December"). See more