"Summer breeze, makes me feel fine, / Blowing through the jasmine in my mind."

— Seals, Jim (b. 1941) and Dash Crofts (b. 1940)


Date
1972
Metaphor
"Summer breeze, makes me feel fine, / Blowing through the jasmine in my mind."
Metaphor in Context
Summer breeze, makes me feel fine,
Blowing through the jasmine in my mind.

Summer breeze, makes me feel fine,
Blowing through the jasmine in my mind.

Sweet days of summer, the jasmine's in bloom;
July is dressed up and playing her tune.
And I come home from a hard day's work,
And you're waiting there, not a care in the world.
Provenance
Listening to the radio.
Citation
Jim Seals and Dash Crofts, "Summer Breeze," from the album Summer Breeze (Warner Bros. Records, 1972).
Date of Entry
08/31/2015

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.