Analysis of Nightmare



Cold wind tearing at me ripping my clothes
From my struggling body
Branches tearing into my skin like nails
Hurting me, torturing me, punishing me
Rain pouring, drenching me
Oh, this storm is terrible, tossing
Leaves flying, dirt flying, burning my eyes
Oh, the darkness. I am afraid of the dark!
I wake up. It was just a dream.
I open my eyes. The room is white, stark.
My parents are on one side of my bed,
With a man in a white jacket.
The police are on the other side.
It hits me. It was't a dream
It was a nightmare.
I've been raped.


Scheme ABCBBDEFGFHIJGKL
Poetic Form
Metre 1110111011 1110010 1010011111 10110011001 110101 111110010 1101101011 10101101101 11111101 1101101111 1101111111 10100110 001110101 11111101 1101 111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 523
Words 105
Sentences 11
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 411
Words per stanza (avg) 105
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Submitted on September 03, 2012

Modified on March 05, 2023

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