Analysis of You were never Summer’s baby
Jowanna Johnson 2003 (Kiddland)
Why did you smile at summer when I’m warmer than him
And how dare you kissed him with the lips I own, when my kisses bloom garden on the pores of your skin
I absorbed the sun blessing in my fingertip to trace riches upon your discolored pigment
And borrowed heavens holy water to wash away summer’s kiss that may decay your inside like his other mistress
Why did you give strawberries to summer when my tongue is bitter for sweet
And how dare you take his palms with the hands I own, when my fingers squeeze apricot nectar upon your bread of wheat
I am your only beau
For you were never summer’s baby.
| Scheme | XX XX AA XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 1111110111011 011111101111110110101111 10101100110111001101010 0110101011011011101101111010 11111011011111011 011111110111111011010011111 111101 110101010 |
| Characters | 629 |
| Words | 123 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 60 |
| Words per line (avg) | 14 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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