Analysis of Summer's Desire



A gentle spirit, heart content.
Surrender complete to a higher call.
A group of children, trail ride.
Years ago I felt this peace.
Late afternoon, shadows fall,
birds singing, nature alive!
I always have peace out here.
This is life, God so close.
Telling stories, children listen.
Eyes sparkle, cares slip away,
this is all that matters now.
Crossing streams, rolling hills,
switchbacks, steep climbs and ridge tops,
something for all to see.
For me it's the children,
discover God, His creation.
My heart I share, my hopes and dreams.
Changing lives, forever set free.
Gentle spirits, heart's content.


Scheme ABCDBEFGHIJKLMHHNMA
Poetic Form
Metre 01010110 0100110101 0111011 1011111 10111 1101001 111111 111111 10101010 1101101 1111101 101101 111011 101111 111010 01011010 11111101 10101011 1010110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 585
Words 99
Sentences 14
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 19
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 471
Words per stanza (avg) 99
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Submitted on January 13, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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