Analysis of The dream keeper
Langston Hughes 1902 (Joplin) – 1967 (New York City)
Bring me all of your dreams,
You dreamers,
Bring me all of your
Heart melodies
That I may wrap them
In a blue cloud-cloth
Away from the too-rough fingers
Of the world.
| Scheme | ABCDEFBG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111 110 11111 1100 11111 00111 01101110 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 160 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 131 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on June 02, 2015
Modified on May 03, 2023
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