Analysis of Dreams
Eugene Redelinghuys 1974 (Wineberg)
I walk up this building
a thousand stairs
to look for a girl
a missing girl
to find that she was not there
I had to climb down
I almost broke my arm
| Scheme | XX AAX X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111110 0101 11101 0101 1111111 11111 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 152 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 3, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 29 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
About this poem
This poem was written in 2004. I guess you have to take what you can from it. It leaves someting for your imagination.
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Written on 2004
Submitted by eugener.13042 on January 05, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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