Analysis of Eternal Summer

Benjamin Brantley 1984 (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)



I carried my bonnie to the churchyard
By my shoulder, she did cleave
And softly sang her song-of-love into my ear
Upon a misty mid-summer’s eve.

The churchbells rang aloud at dusk
Myrtle blossoms fluttered along with the breeze
Unto yon altar love was calling
With a certain sense of pleasant ease

The songbirds lulled our serenade
Whereupon boughs, their flight did alight
She stayed with me all the live long day
And remained near my side throughout the night

Then on meadow, glen, and glade
She took me to her favorite place
Beneath the country orchard shade
And kissed me with a cheeky face

The dawning sun made bright
our sacred getaway in its light.
Wedded bliss had just begun
As could not ever be undone.

Wherefore, for extraordinary reason
We committed in that solar season
To remain each other’s loyal friend
Till time’s elapse - and without end.


Scheme XAXA XBXB CDXD CECE DDFF FFGG
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 110110101 1110111 010101110111 010101101 0110111 10101001101 101101110 101011101 0111001 101111101 111110111 0011110101 111101 111101001 01010101 01110101 010111 101010011 1011101 11110101 11010010 1010011010 101110101 11010011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 868
Words 159
Sentences 4
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) 115
Words per stanza (avg) 25

About this poem

This poem is dedicated to Georgia Rae Rainer, and it was a slow write, which transformed over the course of a decade.

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Written on May 18, 2023

Submitted by NightingalePrince on May 18, 2023

Modified by NightingalePrince on May 18, 2023

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Benjamin Brantley

Having traveled to the UK, & Germany, whilst also being brought up in the USA, this poet retains a great enjoyment of biblical study, and the romantic arts. more…

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