Analysis of Heart's Seasons



Spear of diamond sunlight thrust
In autumn – a rare pure treasure,
Tiny specks, swirling dancing dust
Moments watched in dreaming pleasure

Prism of promise shimmering rays
Rainbow colours vivid reflect
Our full, calm lovely burnished days
Before dark winter raging crept

Harsh callous cold thief of desire
Black cloak swept across sure delight
Hurled tears hiss on blazing fire
Shivering chaos cuts constant night

And spring – looking out for fresh sun
To warm again a weary mind
Sparkle on plans only begun
Heart’s high-held hopes - dreams as designed

East winds piercing needles of frost
Destroying young shoots of fresh days
Harvests not reaped already lost
Savaged fragments in mind’s eye maze

Summer rise full with perfumed flowers
Let precious senses flow once more
Shine light across peaceful hours
Chase lost seasons and life restore


Scheme ABAB CXCX BDBD EFEF GCGC HIHI
Poetic Form Quatrain  (83%)
Metre 111011 01001110 10110101 10101010 101101001 111001 101110101 01110101 110111010 11101101 11111010 100101101 01101111 11010101 10111001 11111101 11101011 01011111 10110101 10100111 101110110 11010111 11011010 11100101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 854
Words 143
Sentences 1
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 116
Words per stanza (avg) 23

About this poem

the poem was written this year as a reflection of life's changing circumstance reflected by the seasons

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Written on May 31, 2022

Submitted by pam_1 on July 29, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Pamela Blanchfield

Born in Liverpool the artist and writer has been involved with many subjects in both creative fields. Her lifelong passions are cats and nature. Her earliest memories involve drawing, being outside and cats, and both were features of early life in a Victorian house with a large garden and her own wood. Her recently-published collection of poems 'Show Me The Mountain Bright Meadows Below', 100 poems with 70 illustrations, is intriguing, sometimes challenging, sad, beautiful, evocative and thought-provoking. Metaphysical, mystical, magical - the poems speak of love, lust, dreams, desire, loss, people, places, and our shadows both in reality and what the poet perceives as glimpses through the veils to beyond, or the unknown. She writes of struggles one can face when life presents us with mountains we know we must scale, and believes that links and signs of love come to us, giving strength, direction and helping guide our way. Her hope is that others will find they can relate, perhaps also gain encouragement in difficult times or just simply enjoy reading the verses. more…

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