Selected Poems - Linton Kwesi Johnson
Seasons of Heart pg. 83
What makes this poem unique is the rhythm. In the first paragraph it begins with a single
monometer line, then to dimeter and continues to trimeter. In the second paragraph the tempo shifts as there is a variation between tetrameter, pentameter and a hexameter. The principle of existence is love, the lesson in life. It is ironic how the season and the emotions of humans are alike. Like the sweet smells of summer and the cold piercing climate of winter. During the spring season nature absorbs the suns rays for energy. As partners people are lost in the magical world, with hopes of finding flowers in the enchanting night and memories disappearing like the clouds in the sky.
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