Every year

Personal romantic relationship and intimate moments; some universal longing but grounded in specific experience.

Multiple distinct ideas layered across poem: fading, celebration, intimacy, doubt, memory, regret, recognition.

Mixed emotional tone: melancholic regret and fatigue balanced against affection, comfort, and warmth.

Subdued, introspective voice with quiet intensity; physical gestures present but delivered softly, not explosively.

16 lines; falls within 16-30 range, lean toward shorter end of mid-length.

Moderate ornamentation: similes, personification, indirect imagery; some plain declarative moments balance ornament.

Pure lyric internal voice throughout; speaker's thoughts, desires, regrets; no narrative arc or dramatic personas.