Summer Play
Andy Lyle 1951 (Londonderry)
I often went a wandering
Through the glens at home
The trees created archways
Through which I loved to roam
Sometimes I'd be a Cowboy
Hiding from my feathered foe
I'd run until my heart raced
And I'd reached the rivers flow
Then I'd cast my shoes off
And go in for a wade
Cowboys often did this
To hide the scent they made
You must be wary of the Indians
Hiding in the long green grass
For a single hit from arrow
And you would breathe your last
But now the sun is setting
So I must end my play
And leave Cowboys and Indians
For another summers day
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Submitted by andylyle1 on April 12, 2013
Modified on April 03, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCBDEFEGHCHCCEIAJCJ |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 529 |
Words | 110 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
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