Analysis of THE DREAM



The dream was as saccharine as it should have never been.
Though it sounded amusing yestreen,                           
I wasn't unperceptive of the disquieting morning.

Hallucinating her presence felt so soothing.
There she was, the godhead I had always adored,revered.
I felt myself levitating with the wings of exultation.
I was dreaming the dream which I had often dreamt to dream.

But afterall, it was just one of my dreams.
The vulturous actuality was lingering to encompass me.
The mist of reality began concealing her.
Could I endure her obfuscating physiognomy?
Was I robust enough to come to terms with barbarous reality?
Or had I turned oblivious to the incessant agony?

I wasn't heedful to what reality had in store.
I couldn't even imagine to care about actuality.
I had just lived the dream which I often dreamt.
She was a pleasing affliction, sweet but tragic.


Scheme AAB BCAD XEXDCE XCCX
Poetic Form
Metre 0111101111101 11100101 110110010010 010000101110 111011111 11110010111 11100111110111 1101111111 01010110010101 01110010100 1101011 1101011111110010 1111010010010100 11011110101 110100101101010 11110111101 110100101110
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 879
Words 164
Sentences 16
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 4, 6, 4
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 40
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 171
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Shubham Kumar Rai

From Gopalganj (Bihar), currently preparing for IIT JEE more…

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