Analysis of Dream
I choose to dream
To free me from
Symptoms of despair
For if to dwell
On things that are
Too much it would to bear
Not only dreams to inner peace
But drawers the soul must keep
Beckon me to sweet relief
Awesome reverie
| Scheme | ABCDECFGHI |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) |
| Metre | 1111 1111 10101 1111 1111 111111 11011101 110111 1011101 10100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 209 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 175 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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