Analysis of Summer Wind



Caresses full of promise and possibility
fan raging fires deep within me
Lips part to breathe you in
as your whispers dance upon my skin
I tremble, a shiver runs down my spine
I am yours and you are mine

How I long to feel your touch again
gentle, relentless, until I give in
Eroding resistance with effortless toil
I melt, fluid brought to boil
A wisp of steam borne on the air
free to follow you anywhere

I vow one day, someday I will
but here and now, a promise to fulfill
Thus, all too soon we must part
with ache and longing and heavy heart
Like tears to earth I fall, you soar
and when you go, leave me wanting more

Go play, tease and stir the stars
but find your way back from afar
with sweet bouquet of where you’ve been
enticing, luring, drawing me in
as I quell a jealous twinge
All senses roused, you’re mine again


Scheme AABBCC DBEEFF GGHHII XXBBXD
Poetic Form
Metre 010111000100 110101011 111110 111010111 1100101111 1110111 111111101 1001001110 01001011001 1110111 01111101 1110110 1111111 1101010101 1111111 110100101 11111111 011111101 1110101 11111101 11011111 010101010 1110101 11011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 806
Words 161
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 163
Words per stanza (avg) 40

About this poem

"Summer Wind" is about the sublime, cool, katabatic breeze that blows downslope on a mountain glacier on a hot summer day. Or maybe there's more to it.

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Written on August 01, 2011

Submitted by summerrain on September 07, 2021

Modified by summerrain on September 07, 2021

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Mary Eichhorn

Mary Asp Eichhorn is an American poet and mountain climber whose works include this poem and about 5 more. She spends much more time climbing mountains than writing poetry. more…

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