In the poem “On Turning Ten” written by Billy Collins, the writer developed the central idea by writing about certain memories of their past and explains that as time passes they grew and got much more mature mindset.In the title of the poem, the first and second line says “The whole idea of it makes me feel like I’m coming down with something”. This shows how the idea of turning ten does not please the author. It also said in the fourth paragraph first line, “This is the beginning of sadness…” this shows that the author must be going through something for him to be so melancholic at such a young age.
According to the story " On Turning Ten " the author clearly feels that growing up will cause him to be mature and doesn't want to .
I know this because in the last lines it says that "But now if you cut me i will bleed". This tells you ( THE READER) that the author imagination is fading away, because when you are younger, you tend to think that you are invincible but when you start aging, you realize that you are not as invincible as you thought.
The feature that makes this excerpt a blank verse is that , while it does not present rhyme, it does present iambic pentameter.
Iambic pentamenter consists of lines of five <em>feet</em>, with each <em>foot </em>being two syllables long, one unstressed followed by one stressed syllable. The result is that each verse sounds like it has a heart beat rhythm.
