Analysis of Oblivion
Chaser of elusive dreams
that come between darkness and dawn
She nestles like a bird in a feathered nest.
Sleep brings rest
from the weary light of day
Darkness beckons,
Alarm clock is stayed.
While chasing dreams
on the undulant edge of awake,
she feels his warmth beside her,
his heavy arm draped across her chest.
She snuggles her bottom against him,
feels his breath on her neck -
Contented sigh escapes.
Sleep returns her
to a time when his place in bed was not empty
Her dreams filled with images of laughter, love
Togetherness
But always on the periphery,
she senses a nightmare intruding - daytime.
Eyes shut tight,
She sleeps.
Scheme | AXB BXXX AXCB XXX CDXX DXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010101 11011001 11010100101 111 1010111 1010 01111 1101 1011101 1111010 110110101 11010011 111101 010101 1010 101111011110 01111001101 0100 11100100 110010101 111 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 614 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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