Analysis of Cold Sets In
The rotting of the summer sun makes my eyes turn red,
I cry for all the sleepy trees that had to go to bed.
They say the grass is greener on the other side,
But in the winter all the grass just goes away to hide.
Cold sets in.
Cold sets in.
The grayness of the atmosphere puts someone at ease,
My heart, however, longs for summers gentle morning breeze.
Cozy cocoa takes my mind off chocolate trees outside,
Powdered snowfall makes the footprints act as if my guide.
Cold sets in.
Cold sets in.
Snow and ice coalesce to picturesque abodes,
Summer sun can wait while I go dancing with the snow.
Cold sets in.
Cold sets in.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101010111111 11110101111111 110111010101 10010101110111 110 110 0110101111 1110111010101 1010111110111 101010111111 110 110 1010111001 1011111110101 110 110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 621 |
Words | 134 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 485 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 119 |
About this poem
I am an amateur poet, and this is my first time entering anything I wrote into a competition. I really like to leave my poems up to the reader’s interpretation. This one could be about the fear of change being overcome by new delights, learning to cope with the loss of a loved one, being comfortable with sadness. There are millions of ways to interpret it and I love to see what my friends and hopefully the people on here that read it come up with. Thank you for the consideration!
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