Analysis of Recollections of a Cherubic Brooklyn Boy
Gary Shulman, MS. Ed. 1950 (USA)
Recollections of a Cherubic Brooklyn Boy
Gary Shulman, MS. Ed.
July 6, 2023
As a cherubic boy in Brooklyn of old
With buddies I’d frolic ’til night fell
No need for playdates planned weeks in advance
And what joyous tales we’d all tell
An old wooden box was a treasure indeed
Into a scooter it morphed like magic!
If we couldn’t find old skates for the wheels
How horribly, horrifically tragic!
Our brain cells were taxed to creatively think
No computers to figure it out!
And when we came up with a new game to play
How each child would vociferously shout!
Fun came so easily from simple delights
Like running and jumping for joy
Our parents back then in Brooklyn of old
Couldn’t afford an extravagant toy
So create we did and our brain cells did grow
We grew confident, creative and bold
It prepared us for life, for kindness and caring
And if truth be truthfully told
It taught us a lesson about life well lived
No money nor technology needed
We learned that good friends sharing joy each day
Brings a future that’s very well seeded
To this very day simple joys in life
I will celebrate and honor with pride
And never forget when that cherubic young boy
Had one helluva joy-filled ride!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010010101 101011 1 10010101011 110110111 111111001 01101111 11101101001 0101011110 111111101 1100110 101101101001 101011011 01111101111 1111010001 11110011001 11001011 10101101011 101101001 101110101111 1110001001 101111110010 01111001 11101001111 1101010010 1111110111 1010110110 1110110101 111001011 010011101011 1110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,204 |
Words | 225 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 28 |
Lines Amount | 31 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 477 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 109 |
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The joys of a non-technology filled childhood.
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