Analysis of Tis Nothing But a Dream



'Tis Nothing But a Dream

I've travelled half the globe
and I'm yet to find
a little glimpse of hope
still stuck inside.
And through the woods, the village, and the sea,
I'm yet to find a treasure,
whilst being torn to shreds
feather by feather.
And through all the unspoken,
the furthest in-between,
to still be far from you and hoping:
'tis nothing but a dream.

I've seen the faceless and the damned,
and I'm yet to feel
a slit throat's
Achilles's heel.
And through the darkness, and through the dark abyss,
I'm yet to find a place.
A place where candles shine with fallen's mark,
a place free of disgrace.
And through the hopeless, and as my vigour's still diminished,
I'm still here to give in.
A lie'd been spoken, there's nothing in-between, 'tis nothing but a dream.


Scheme A xxxxbcxcxxxA xdbdxexexxa
Poetic Form
Metre 110101 110101 01111 010111 1101 0101010001 1111010 110111 10110 0110010 010001 111111010 110101 11010001 01111 011 11 01010010101 111101 011101111 011101 0101001111010 111110 01110110001110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 774
Words 158
Sentences 8
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 12, 11
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 197
Words per stanza (avg) 47

About this poem

This poem portrays the inability to distinguish dream from reality.

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Written on October 02, 2021

Submitted by numbulose on March 13, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Suleyman Liakhor

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