Analysis of Sandman



Will the sandman come to visit me?
Will he close my eyes so I may see?
All the darkness within that he generates
All the malevolence that reeks from his hate?
Will he show me a glimpse from the past?
Of a love he knew would never last?
Will he continue to laugh at my naivete?
Will he continue to keep walking away?
For once will he stop, and turn around?
To glimpse where his life was always bound?
Open your eyes sandman, don't look back,
It is a dead end street where you are at.
Just let go of all of your hate,
Look in my eyes it's not too late.
Do you see the love that is shining there?
Or will you turn away without a care?
It may be that you will,
heed me, I love you still.


Scheme AABCDDEEFFGHCCIIJJ
Poetic Form
Metre 10111101 111111111 1010011110 10111111 111101101 101111101 110101111001 11010111001 111110101 11111111 10111111 1101111111 11111111 10111111 1110111101 1111010101 111111 111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 673
Words 142
Sentences 14
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 521
Words per stanza (avg) 141
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Written on 2001

Submitted by Dreamer81 on November 01, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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