Analysis of Childhood



Childhood....
It was the first thing that came to mind when I drove past all the places I knew.

I have grown,  you see. My bones have been pulled and my flesh stretched.  And I barely see the innocence in the world anymore, but I still see the beauty.

That's the thing... If I hadn't the world's innocence as a child I would have had the beauty of it now.

Or the kindness or the gratitude or the joy.

I would not smell spring and think of running through damp grass and the days without worry.

I would not think of old friends and small games.
Or summer days with sunburn.
Or when I lived for everyday and wonder filled me for the next.


Scheme XX A X X A XXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1 1101111111111101011 11111111110111011010100001011111010 1011110011001011111010111 10101010101 11111011101110010110 1111111011 110111 1111110101011101
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 647
Words 137
Sentences 13
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 54
Words per line (avg) 14
Letters per stanza (avg) 82
Words per stanza (avg) 21

About this poem

I wrote this poem when I realized I'm getting older

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Written on February 26, 2023

Submitted by rwmoller07 on February 26, 2023

Modified on March 14, 2023

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