Analysis of They were not real
Arpan Dey 2004 (West Bengal)
All my insecurities, all my fears,
Erupting out like lava from a volcano
In those horrible nightmares.
Oh, they were not real, no.
Sweating and screaming in my sleep.
Oh, they seemed so real and slow.
They shook me deep down, very deep
Oh, they were not real, no.
How thankful was I when I woke up,
The horrors of the night fading away
The sun rays hitting my eyes sharp.
Oh, they were not real, no way.
| Scheme | xaxA babA xcxc |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 110100111 10111010010 011001 110111 10010011 1111101 11111101 110111 110111111 0101011001 01110111 1101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 393 |
| Words | 77 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on March 15, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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