Analysis of Sleepless Dream Of Doubt Or Hope



Doubt is a birthless spring
with mourning doves of gloom.
Hope is a winter dream with daffodils in bloom.

Doubt is a hapless scheme
with devastating fright.
Hope is a stalwart dream with victorious might.

Doubt is a troubled theme
with killer bees in swarm.
Hope is a comfort dream with shelter from a storm.

Doubt is a hostile stream
with unqualified gall.
Hope is a peaceful dream with justice for us all.

Doubt is a shrouded gleam
with shadows at the door.
Hope is a brilliant dream with goodness to explore.

Doubt is a muffled scream
with poorer days instead.
Hope is a sleepless dream with better days ahead.


Scheme XAA BCC BDD BEE BFF BGG
Poetic Form
Metre 11011 110111 11010111001 110101 11001 110101101001 110101 110101 110101110101 110101 10101 110101110111 110101 11101 110101110101 110101 110101 110101110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 596
Words 110
Sentences 12
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 82
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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