Have you ever read a poem and thought, “what does it mean?” You may ask yourself that question when you read the poem, “summer,” by Walter Dean Myers. “Summer,” by Walter Dean Myers, is about the little things the poet loves about summer. The poem, “Summer,” uses repetition, rhyming, and onomatopoeia helps to illustrate the meaning summer has to him. In the poem, “summer,” the author uses repetition to show the readers the meaning summer has to him. Repetition occurs throughout the poem when the poet repeats the words, “hot days.” Repetition also occurs at the beginning of the poem when the author repeats the word, “cousins”. These words repeat making the poem more appealing, positive, and fun. The poem, “summer,” also contains rhyming