Analysis of Dreams Of Joy
Some days my mind is hardened,
on others like a sponge
Today my thoughts are heartened,
with feelings on the run
Tonight as light transitions,
and darkness fills the void
My mind and heart will lay as one,
true lovers—dreams of joy
(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2017)
| Scheme | AX AB XX BX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111110 110101 0111110 110101 0111010 010101 11011111 110111 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 268 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 43 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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