Analysis of Recollection

Regina Elliott 1957 (Queens, NY)



Summer moon shyly enclosed in dark
purple clouds,
white caps of memory waves,
curling dreamily,
a tide of night's star enhanced
bliss.


Scheme ABCDEF
Poetic Form
Metre 101100101 101 1111001 101 0111101 1
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 134
Words 25
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 108
Words per stanza (avg) 22

About this poem

Summertide memories of long ago.

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Written on April 18, 2023

Submitted by on April 18, 2023

Modified on April 19, 2023

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Regina Elliott

Regina Elliott is sixty-five and resides in North Carolina. She was a 2020 Pushcart Prize nominee. more…

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