Analysis of A Summer Storm
Darlene LaPointe 1959 (Ohio)
He came and went like a summer storm;
His lightning struck, but I felt no warmth.
The only drops that fell were from my eyes.
In the havoc that he wreaked upon my heart,
I glimpsed a rainbow on the horizon.
| Scheme | ABCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 110110101 110111111 0101110111 00101110111 110110010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 206 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 160 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
About this poem
This poem was inspired after a break-up.
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Written on February 21, 2008
Submitted by tallrdhd3693 on March 15, 2023
Modified on April 10, 2023
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