The summer i was sixteen 
Freida Lee
The summer I was sixteen
The poem “The summer I was sixteen” by Geraldline Connelly conveys us that being a teenager is a very innocent and carefree time. But later on one realizes that its inevitable to grow up and that therefore you should treasure your memories. Connelly’s techniques include using carefree diction; interesting syntax and contrasting the improbable world and the life she had when she was sixteen
In the first stanza Connelly establishes teenage care freedom by using figurative language. The poem sets off with a very welcoming feeling since the “turquoise pool rose up to meet” them. This is personification because pools can’t actually move. This makes it seem like the pool is rising up to invite them in and it gives us a warm sensation. In the second line a “silver afterthought” is mentioned. This is a metaphor and suggests that they are really spontaneous and random in life because they’ve only just see the slide and decide it would be fun to slide down. Lastly they “did not exist beyond the gaze of a boy” which means that their priority in life right now is the importance of boys. This shows that they don’t have a lot of things to worry about right now and that they don’t have any responsibility or burden.
The first part of the stanza reinforces how carefree and innocent the teenage years are by again using carefree dictions. They don’t care what people thought since they are young, so even getting up from the pool they were “shaking water off our limbs.” They are showing off to other people in the pool especially the boys since they were their only prime concerns back then. As they proudly “rose and paraded the concrete” they made it look like they were really confident and that when you think of parades you’ll usually think of a festival and people showing off their moves, so it emphasis on there carefree life since all they think about is how they look in other peoples point of view. Another point is that when you’re young you
The summer I was sixteen
The poem “The summer I was sixteen” by Geraldline Connelly conveys us that being a teenager is a very innocent and carefree time. But later on one realizes that its inevitable to grow up and that therefore you should treasure your memories. Connelly’s techniques include using carefree diction; interesting syntax and contrasting the improbable world and the life she had when she was sixteen
In the first stanza Connelly establishes teenage care freedom by using figurative language. The poem sets off with a very welcoming feeling since the “turquoise pool rose up to meet” them. This is personification because pools can’t actually move. This makes it seem like the pool is rising up to invite them in and it gives us a warm sensation. In the second line a “silver afterthought” is mentioned. This is a metaphor and suggests that they are really spontaneous and random in life because they’ve only just see the slide and decide it would be fun to slide down. Lastly they “did not exist beyond the gaze of a boy” which means that their priority in life right now is the importance of boys. This shows that they don’t have a lot of things to worry about right now and that they don’t have any responsibility or burden.
The first part of the stanza reinforces how carefree and innocent the teenage years are by again using carefree dictions. They don’t care what people thought since they are young, so even getting up from the pool they were “shaking water off our limbs.” They are showing off to other people in the pool especially the boys since they were their only prime concerns back then. As they proudly “rose and paraded the concrete” they made it look like they were really confident and that when you think of parades you’ll usually think of a festival and people showing off their moves, so it emphasis on there carefree life since all they think about is how they look in other peoples point of view. Another point is that when you’re young you