Analysis of Summer In July

Charles Edward York 1966 (Saigon, Vietnam)



Summer In July

No response is a response no one wants
It is the recognition of silence
A tsunami of quiet rejection
Intended to make you feel less
And prop up the other as
Unaccountable
It’s the mask the coward wears
When their malice appears
Out in the open
While you get to suffer alone.

So I turn to the rich blue sky up there
And I remember an inspiring life force
The Source of all creation
A grace extending to me
And a breeze I can’t see
But feel as close as my breath
That love is alive and aware
The notice is quiet and present as
Summer in July full force
And never leaves me alone.

Copyright © 2023 Charles Edward York
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Scheme X XXAXBXXXAC DEAFFXDBEC XX
Poetic Form
Metre 1001 1011001111 110010110 0010110010 01011111 0110101 0100 1010101 111001 10010 11111001 1111011111 01010101011 0111010 0101011 001111 1111111 11101001 0101100101 100111 0101101 101101 111110111101100010101010010111111010100100010110010100101010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 860
Words 168
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 1, 10, 10, 2
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 170
Words per stanza (avg) 41

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The source of love and grace that’s always as present as summer.

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Written on July 30, 2023

Submitted by charlesedwardyork on July 30, 2023

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Charles Edward York

Charles Edward York is an author and poet activist living in Plano, Texas. He’s written over 1400 poems and published 17 books of poetry. Born in Vietnam and raised a citizen in Dallas, Texas, he writes poems that include the subjects of love and relationships, nature, social justice, including police violence against African-Americans and minorities, astronomy and others. more…

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