Analysis of The Dream-Follower
Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)
A dream of mine flew over the mead
To the halls where my old Love reigns;
And it drew me on to follow its lead:
And I stood at her window-panes;
And I saw but a thing of flesh and bone
Speeding on to its cleft in the clay;
And my dream was scared, and expired on a moan,
And I whitely hastened away.
| Scheme | XAXA BCBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 011111001 10111111 0111111011 01110101 0111011101 101111001 01111001101 01101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 319 |
| Words | 66 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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