Analysis of Youth is not childhood

Sarah Jane Love 2001 (Las Vegas)



A child yearns for love
They reflect on their years lived
"Adulthood came too quick"


Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Tercet 
Metre 01111 1011111 01111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 85
Words 15
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 68
Words per stanza (avg) 15

About this poem

A self reflective poem from the perspective of a person who was forced to grow up too soon.

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Written on September 27, 2022

Submitted by grantlang1001 on September 30, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Sarah Jane Love

20 year old trans girl raised by people who were unprepared to care for themselves. more…

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