Analysis of Flashback
Back to the summer of ninety nine
I was just another kid, and was doing fine
Free, like a broken kite in the wind
Thoughts were just questions, with never a hint. Under the sun and the open blue sky,
Fun, frolic, merry making and the days went by Never did worry of what the future holds,
But always did doubt, why the teacher did scold. Lessons were taught, to love and to learn,
No one did bother of "How do I earn?"
All that I knew of a race was to run,
At the blow of a whistle and life was all fun.
As I stood watching the children at play,
At the far away playground, so carefree and gay, Like on a reel, all the memories ran,
A flashback of years when everything began. Sunbathed and painted in colour of hues,
So vibrant, they kindle the child in you.
Scheme | AABCDEEFFGHIJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101101 111010101101 110101001 10110110011001001011 11010100011110110110101 1111101011100111011 1111011111 1111101111 101101001111 1111001011 10101111011101101001 01111100110100111 1101100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 770 |
Words | 164 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 45 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 583 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 151 |
About this poem
Childhood is a transformative phase in every individual's life, which like everything in the past can only be revisited on a walk down the memory lane. In a fast paced life that sweeps us in time to the midst of adulthood and into eventual surety of old age, fond memories of these early formative years can offer a breath of fresh air to the aging soul
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Written on August 02, 2020
Submitted by vasudev2610 on September 13, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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