Analysis of Beautiful Dreamer Serenade
Stephen C. Foster 1826 (Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania) – 1864 (New York City, New York)
1 Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me,
2 Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee;
3 Sounds of the rude world heard in the day,
4 Lull'd by the moonlight have all pass'd a way!
5 Beautiful dreamer, queen of my song,
6 List while I woo thee with soft melody;
7 Gone are the cares of life's busy throng, --
8 Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!
9 Beautiful dreamer awake unto me!
10 Beautiful dreamer, out on the sea
11 Mermaids are chaunting the wild lorelie;
12 Over the streamlet vapors are borne,
13 Waiting to fade at the bright coming morn.
14 Beautiful dreamer, beam on my heart,
15 E'en as the morn on the streamlet and sea;
16 Then will all clouds of sorrow depart, --
17 Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!
18 Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!
Scheme | AABB CACAA AXDD EAEAA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100101101 10111011 110111001 110111101 100101111 1111111100 110111101 1001001101 1001001101 100101101 111011 10011011 1011101101 100101111 1110110101 111111001 1001001101 1001001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 794 |
Words | 142 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 144 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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