Analysis of Remember Summer



Remember summer?
When we and our friends would fly that ugly kite.
When you would forget to zip your fly.
And when you did it on purpose.
To frighten poor Primrose.

We were such jerks
During summer, when the sun was high.
We would laugh when we fell off the bicycle.
There was no pressure
No rush
We had all the time in the world.

We did not feel like failures when we scraped our knees
When we lost 'Monkeys on the Trees'
Our actions had no major consequences
Except maybe a slap on the wrist

Autumn crept up on us so fast
It is harsh
I presume your fly stays closed now
Wouldn't want you behind bars

Every action we take has consequences
And ripples and ripples
Domino effects
They give me headaches

We are no longer given a cursory look
And told to stand still
Now we get accusing looks
And we are called childish

Remember summer?
I fear because I smell winter.
We never made provision for her
Coats and jackets and a warm warm house

We thought the sun would shine forever
Like summer
Our time flies
Let's drop the lies

I do not like the cold
But very soon I would have to face the blizzard
In nothing but my summer clothes


Scheme Axbxx xbxaxx ccdx xxxx dxxx xxxx Aaax aaee xxx
Poetic Form
Metre 01010 110101111101 111011111 01111110 11011 1011 101010111 11111110100 11110 11 11101001 1111110111101 11110101 10101110100 011001101 10111111 111 10111111 1011011 10010111100 010010 1001 1111 111101001001 01111 1110101 011110 01010 11011110 110101010 101000111 110111010 110 1011 1101 111101 110111111010 01011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,134
Words 235
Sentences 11
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 5, 6, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 38
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 99
Words per stanza (avg) 24

About this poem

This is a poem about the fleeting nature of time, and about nostalgia.

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Written on July 21, 2022

Submitted by sophiagabriel242 on July 21, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Sophia Gabriel

Sophia Gabriel is a Nigerian writer when she is not too busy being a student midwife. She aims to bring hope to people through either means, and she is apt in the art of balancing both passions. more…

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