Analysis of Children Of Summer
Summer, you always slip in so gently as
high school graduations bring tears of
friends who know they must part.
I will try not to weep of fifty-five
years ago-
as I see the vision of my siblings
and I leap through sprinklers
bright with rainbows.
I promise, Summer,
I won't cry.
I recall the natural wall of
hydrangea blossoms of
green and blue in our yard.
Red roses so romantic on the
white trellis.
The Good Humor truck
jingled down the street.
Neighbor's children waved
large wands with giant
iridescent bubbles floating
high to the envy of the
cumulus clouds.
I promise, Summer,
I won't cry.
Oh Summer, you're our
lively maiden with a
honeysuckle crown.
The charming presence
of your rising moon monarch
in the eve casting her silver
cherish on weeping willows.
You sail through the ages,
but remain a debutante
emerging from the love
of spring.
I promise Summer,
I won't cry.
No, I cannot possibly
have a torrent of tears.
My sixty-six year birthday
will be in your beach days
month of June.
The iced tea cooling me as
nostalgia mists my eyes.
I dreamily walk by the
modest little home on
the sidewalk, the beloved
place, the streets of my
youth.
I'm in no need of my
walker-
as I'm a child again. ~
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Metre | 1011101101 11010111 111111 1111111101 101 1110101110 011110 111 11010 111 11010011 1101 1010101 110101010 110 01101 1101 10101 11110 0101010 1101010 11 11010 111 110110 101010 1001 01010 111011 00110010 101101 111010 1010101 010101 11 11010 111 1110100 101011 110111 110111 111 0111011 010111 11110 101011 01001 10111 1 101111 10 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,210 |
Words | 245 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 14, 13, 15 |
Lines Amount | 52 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 237 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
About this poem
Childhood summers on an elder's mind.
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