Summary Of On Turning Ten By Billy Collins

In the poem “On Turning Ten” there are many words that Billy collins uses to make have different feelings. Some words he uses are”this is the beginning of sadness” and”i'm coming down with something”. He uses words like to makes us feel the “sadness and sickness” of the kid as he turns 10 years old thinking about his childhood and all of the things that hw has to say goodbye to. For example his imaginary friends Some other lines that he uses are “you tell me it's too early to be looking back”. This means that although is is just about to turn 10 her are so many things that he has already done that he is still not ready to say goodbye too. Another is “it never fell so solemnly against the side of my tree house, and my bicycle never leaned