Analysis of If No One Ever Chased a Dream
IF NO ONE EVER CHASED A DREAM
by
Bobby Lynn Long
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED HOW LIFE MIGHT BE‐
IF NO ONE IN THIS WORLD EVER DREAMED OF BEING FREE‐
AND IF NO ONE EVER GAZED UP INTO THE SKY‐
AND DREAMED OF WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO FLY‐
OR SAW FLOWERS GROWING IN SOME PLACE ALONE‐
AND DREAMED OF THEM GROWING IN A GARDEN AT THEIR HOME‐
IF WHILE DREAMING OF A FRIEND, WHO IS FAR,
FAR AWAY‐
NO ONE DREAMED OF BEING ABLE TO SPEAK TO THEM TODAY‐
AND WHILE WATCHING TV, WHAT IF NO ONE DREAMED‐
OF PICTURES AND OF SOUND, UPON SOME INDOOR SCREEN‐
AND NO ONE DREAMED OF LIGHTS WHEN THE EVENING SUN WENT DOWN‐
OR AUTOMOBILES THAT COULD TAKE YOU, BACK AND FORTH TO TOWN‐
AND GOING TO THE MOON, WHY, IF NO ONE DREAMED OF THAT‐
SUCH IS ONLY FOR LOVERS TO ENJOY, AS THEY SIT AND SMILE, AND LAUGH‐
AND NO ONE DREAMED OF BOOKS OR
MUSIC THE EAR COULD HEAR‐
AND NO ONE DREAMED OF ADVENTURE, AND NO ONE DREAMED OF FEAR‐
IF NO ONE EVER CHASED A DREAM, HERE IN THIS WORLD BELOW‐
I FEEL IT WOULD NOT BE AS NICE A PLACE, AND I WOULD NOT WANT TO GO‐
I’D RATHER BE WHERE DREAMS RUN FREE, AND RAINBOWS LIVE AND SHINE‐
SO, SMILE AND ,YOU GO CHASE YOUR DREAMS, AND I TO, SHALL GO CHASE MINE
Scheme | XAX BBAA XXXCC XXDD XX XXX EE FF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101 1 1011 1110101111 1110111011101 011110110101 0111111111 11101001101 0111100010111 1110101111 101 11111010111101 01101111111 11001101111 0111111010111 1100111110111 0101011111111 11101101011110101 0111111 100111 01111010011111 11110101101101 11111111010111111 1101111101101 110111110111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,209 |
Words | 251 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 5, 4, 2, 3, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Written on September 14, 2000
Submitted by long6806 on April 10, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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