There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.
Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white arrows go
To the place where the sidewalk ends.
Yes we’ll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we’ll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the sidewalk ends.
1974
Regular
Children's
2023
Agency
Childhood & Coming of Age
Alliteration
the repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words appearing in succession
Extended Metaphor
a metaphor that extends through several lines or even an entire poem
Imagery
visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work
Rhyme
correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry