Analysis of A Dream
Stephen Phillips 1864 (Somertown) – 1915
My dead love came to me, and said,
'God gives me one hour's rest,
To spend with thee on earth again:
How shall we spend it best?'
'Why, as of old,' I said; and so
We quarrell'd, as of old:
But, when I turn'd to make my peace,
That one short hour was told.
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11111101 1111101 11111101 111111 11111101 11111 11111111 1111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 251 |
| Words | 57 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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