Analysis of Summer Daze

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



Some are nights and some are days;
Trapped inside a sinful maze.
Trying to find our way out.
We can’t! We just sit down and pout.

We need someone to rescue us.
We need a Savior! Can’t you see?
He’s coming to us from the east;
To save us from that wicked beast.

Summer nights and summer days;
Lost in all the summer haze.
The feasting days have come again.
Don’t let me walk with prideful men.


Scheme AABB XXCC AADD
Poetic Form Quatrain  (67%)
Metre 1110111 1010101 10111011 11111101 1111101 11010111 11011101 11111101 1010101 1010101 01011101 1111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 402
Words 90
Sentences 11
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 99
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Written on May 13, 2024

Submitted by dawg4jesus on May 13, 2024

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