Analysis of Dream to Make It All Worth While



I place the blame upon no soul
All that has come about has been a call from me
And though my dream may have been shattered,
I know that in the core of things,
it was I who steered the ship against the wind.
Only to later learn. that poor judgment
And egoistical decision
Rained havoc on my anticipations,
And so, escaped my dreams of youth.
Too late my friend, too late, such sadness will forever follow,
Yet, I am moved to look elsewhere, for times have changed,
With other horizons that beckon; tantalizing with their calling.
My mind is set to course, the way is without boundaries
requiring a firm steadiness of direction, but
I can sense the vigor once again.
And what is there to live for, if only for what has not been?
And who swears to have tasted life, if he's never ventured a dare?
For life keeps just beyond our fingertips, to tease
and make us dream
dream to make it all worthwhile.


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQMRS
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11010111 111101110111 011111110 11100111 11111010101 1011011110 01010 110110010 01011111 111111110101010 11111111111 1100101101001110 11111101101100 01000110010101 111010101 011111111011111 0111110111101001 111101101011 0111 1111111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 879
Words 168
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 704
Words per stanza (avg) 168
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Written on December 04, 2000

Submitted by antoniov.41468 on September 06, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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