Analysis of A Dream of July

Nancy H Palmer 1955 (Dallas, Texas)



I dreamed of summer,
Of the green in July,
The brilliance of the flowers,
The blue of the sky,
The song of the cicadas
In the long afternoons,
The music of the crickets
Beneath a silvery full moon,
The sigh of the wind
In the tall white grass,
Its warm, whispery kisses
On my cheeks as it passed,
The lush, languid feeling
Of each glorious day,
It is in this season
My heart longs to stay.
But each July gently slips from my grasp,
I know each time it cannot last,
In the dark of winter on a cold, clear night,
I dream of summer and its days of light.


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Poetic Form Etheree  (35%)
Metre 11110 10101 0101010 01101 0110010 00101 0101010 01010011 01101 00111 11110 111111 011010 111001 110110 11111 111101111 11111101 00111010111 1111001111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 532
Words 110
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 425
Words per stanza (avg) 110
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Modified on April 24, 2023

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Nancy H Palmer

Nancy H. Palmer was born in Dallas Texas, but grew up 12 miles outside of Matador, Texas near Whiteflat. She spent a good deal of time outdoors, which sparked the inspiration for many of her poems. In a past incarnation of Poetry.com, she submitted several poems: Rainbow, The Woods in Evening, A Dream of July, July, To The Cricket, Passage, Stonehenge, A Cat & His Fish as well as others. She currently resides in Lubbock, Texas. more…

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