Analysis of Dream
A dream
a dream is that thing that will not let you sleep
it is that thing that will not let you eat
because your belly is now filled with the desire of seeing come to pass
it is that thing that only you can see
and when others try to squint to perceive
they perceive you as your mind losing it
a dream is that thing that would not let you die
even when a thousand bullets fly recklessly before your very eyes
it is what would make you bleed
it is what would make you cry
it is what would make you take the whip of pessimist
it is what would make you wear their crown of thorns
and your very blood run down your face but still you press on
a dream is what would make you lift up your head
even when others give up hope to drown
a dream is what would not allow you quit the race
even when your heart fails with each pace
and your feet now breaks with every stride
it is what would make you find air to breathe in a vacuum
it is what would make you call each defeat a chance again to win it
like light coming on a single bulb in the midst of a thousand and more
a dream is what keeps ypur fingers digging up dirt
because you know one day you'd find it there
a dream is what makes so long a time become so close so soon
it is what would make you live forever in the hearts and in the souls of men
long after you have stepped into the oblivion of sleep
and your flesh now nothing but dust and hip
but a dream is also what would make your spirit regret
make it feel you've lost
because you only allowed it burn a thousand degrees within you
when the world around you felt you frozen cold
it's what would stand by your grave
and with head down soberly shaking saying
you had it... all within... but you made it.. go to sleep
with you in this casket of ineptitude
it would cry to your creator and the angels would bare it witness
on every tale on every account of your fears and your limitations
you spent all your years building up in your head
it would scream in your ears and whisper tantrums at your spirit for eternity
it would make you wish for another chance... another opportunity to feel your flesh on your bones once more
but no... for the hand of time willl not rewind
and God will not change his mind
cause we live and die once not twice
but a miracle has happened today one of opportunity... one of grace
and that is right now you are alive
and that chance to make it happen stands before your very eyes
so open your eyes
stop dreaming it
start living it
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01 01111111111 1111111111 0111011110010110111 1111110111 0110111101 1011111101 01111111111 101010101100011101 1111111 1111111 1111111011100 11111111111 01101111111111 01111111111 1011011111 011111011101 101111111 0111111001 11111111110010 11111111010101111 111010101001101001 011111101011 0111111111 011111101011111 1111111010001000111 110111010010011 0111101101 10111011111001 11111 01110011101001011 10101111101 1111111 01111001010 1111011111111 1101101010 11111010001011110 1100111000111101010 11111101011 11101101010111010100 11111101010100100111111111 11101111110 0111111 11101111 1010011001110100111 011111101 011111101011101 11011 1101 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 2,411 |
Words | 495 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 14 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 2, 5, 5, 3, 2, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2, 3, 6 |
Lines Amount | 50 |
Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 139 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on October 29, 2014
Modified on April 06, 2023
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