Analysis of Swinging
My childhood swing sits alone
weathered by age and heavy rain.
Weeds littered through the overgrowth,
it’s structure hunched and in pain.
I recall a time when
buttercups and clovers grew
as we swung with such ease
soaring like a bird, up
through the cerulean blue we dreamt of.
We fell softly on the mossy
grass, glistening with dewdrops.
Our yearning so bulletproof
that the shockwave through our
ankles from swinging too high
rendered nothing compared to our desire
to accompany the sun in the pool of azure.
If we were to swing with such limitless liberation
now, the frame would shatter
or simply resign to the ground in defeat.
We would lie among the weeds,
our ankles broken, weeping.
Not just for current failures,
but for the little girl who
swung so high that her shoes flew
and could see nothing but the sky,
illuminated by sunshine.
Scheme | XAXA XBCXXCC XDEDD XDXXX XBBEX |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101 10110101 11010100 1101001 11011 10011 111111 101011 1011111 1110101 110011 1010110 101110 1011011 101001110010 1010001001110 1101111100010 101110 11001101001 1110101 10101010 1111010 1101011 1111011 01110101 010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 866 |
Words | 172 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 7, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem about lost childhood and that heavy sense of nostalgia when it comes to positive memories, combined with sadness that those days will never return. It speaks of the invincibility of childhood innocence and how it is an irreplaceable feeling.
Font size:
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Swinging" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 11 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/133806/swinging>.
Discuss this Rose Byrne poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In