Analysis of A Borrowed Dream
I had you
once
before I lost you in a dream
A dream that I woke up
from
where you stayed beyond my grasp
Visiting me each
night
in the bartered hours of my sleep
Holding me beyond
hope
ever cradling my fear
Lending me back to
myself
inside this borrowed joy
Until the dawn reminds
again
—I had you once
(To Laura Nyro: March, 2021)
| Scheme | ABXXXX XXXXXX AXXXXB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 1 01111001 011111 1 1110111 10011 1 001010111 10101 1 1010011 10111 1 01111 010101 01 1111 11011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 316 |
| Words | 66 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 19 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 65 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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