Analysis of The Dream
Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892 (Rockland) – 1950 (Austerlitz)
Love, if I weep it will not matter,
And if you laugh I shall not care;
Foolish am I to think about it,
But it is good to feel you there.
Love, in my sleep I dreamed of waking,—
White and awful the moonlight reached
Over the floor, and somewhere, somewhere,
There was a shutter loose,—it screeched!
Swung in the wind,—and no wind blowing!—
I was afraid, and turned to you,
Put out my hand to you for comfort,—
And you were gone! Cold, cold as dew,
Under my hand the moonlight lay!
Love, if you laugh I shall not care,
But if I weep it will not matter,—
Ah, it is good to feel you there!
| Scheme | ABXB CDBD CEXE XBAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 111111110 01111111 101111011 11111111 101111110 1010011 1001011 11010111 100101110 11010111 111111110 01011111 1011011 11111111 111111110 11111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 614 |
| Words | 125 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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