Analysis of Thoughts of Yellow Tulips
I’ve been daydreaming again;
the sun drips honey and the sky is golden.
I should let go, but can’t once I get a perfect grip
on this fleeting fantasy. I plead
with you to watch with me carefully
before the Aquarius full moon starts to slip.
When endless Novembers threaten my sanity,
thoughts of yellow tulips fill me with clarity;
we can plant our own to make up what we lack.
Future memories never stop playing in my mind.
I think about you and me on a peachy perfect beach all the time;
we can leave footprints in the sand to find our way back.
When the daylight clears,
and all that’s left are seasonal fears,
I’ll know that you’re still with me here.
These glimpses won’t hold,
I know they’re just for show
but the daydreams are worth waiting for.
Because even when they’re all dressed up with no where to go,
hoping is feeling, and one day, I know,
they won’t be just daydreams anymore.
Scheme | XXAXBA BBCXXC DDX XEFEEF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111001 01110001110 1111111110011 111010011 111111100 010010011111 1101101100 111010111100 111101111111 1010010110011 11011011010011101 1111001111011 1011 011111001 11111111 11011 111111 10111101 01101111111111 1011001111 1111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 921 |
Words | 187 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 3, 6 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 174 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
About this poem
This poem is about waiting for spring, and the comforts that help us get by.
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