Analysis of Summer Despair



On this hot summer day,
I still feel cold,
‘Cuz this sadness just won’t go away.

Sitting right by the bay,
My joy continues to grow old
On this hot summer day.

Yellow has turned gray,
My emotions are bold,
‘Cuz this sadness just won’t go away.

Positive, I try to stay,
Because it’s a solution, at least as I was told
On this hot summer day.

All my peers go out to play,
But I don’t feel as gold
‘Cuz this sadness just won’t go away.

So as the Sun sets today,
So does my joy become old
On this hot summer day
‘Cuz this sadness just won’t go away.


Scheme AbA abA abA abA abA abAA
Poetic Form Villanelle 
Metre 111101 1111 111011101 101101 11010111 111101 10111 101011 111011101 1001111 0110010111111 111101 1111111 111111 111011101 1101101 1111011 111101 111011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 570
Words 129
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 68
Words per stanza (avg) 19

About this poem

This poem is about lacking the feeling of joy despite positive circrumstances.

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Written on April 28, 2022

Submitted by ABruno on May 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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