Analysis of Salad Days
The tomatoes blush with joy upon seeing you pass by
Afternoon, setting sun, summer dress, silhouetted thigh
Garden vines sway as you sing sweetly in the coastal breeze
Ripened fruit, softer light, tender hands, salad days are these
The red chilies simmer and smirk with anticipation
Warm wind, tossed hair, slow saunter, spicy flirtation
Errant limbs caress upward, you aim for nourishing light
Fresh yields, torrid taste, indelible burn, wise not to bite
The yellow bell peppers beam brightly in your company
Laughing moon, early rise, bright eyes, heavenly symphony
Humming calmly, you consider confections herbaceous
Bounty rich, day dims, carnal crop, appetite rapacious
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEXX |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 00101110110111 011011010101 10111111000101 10110110110111 0110100110010 111111010010 10101101111001 11101010011111 01011011001100 10110111100100 10101010010010 1011110110010 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 684 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 46 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 184 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
About this poem
I was inspired to write this after spending the day in the garden with my lovely wife.
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Written on October 16, 2020
Submitted by karlm.10099 on July 11, 2022
Modified on April 01, 2023
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