Analysis of She, The Dream in My Sleep
Jeffrey Lynn Naylor 1954 (Orlando)
i feel discovered when we talk. . .
you are the dream in my sleep
you are the air i want to breathe.
now my heart pumps blood so fast
like liquid fire through my body.
when now i speak to you. . .
i feel you are born inside my heart.
my lovely, how we can ask someone
to give us blessing that our love will last?
what holy thing shall we do?
burn a candle?
whisper to God in heaven?
what? i want to know.
the longer we talk in motionless time
the more my heart slowly burns within me.
love is the needle piercing our hearts,
threading us bound as one and the same.
my only link to love and understanding
is the passion erupting in my veins,
for a girl i once thought only a dream.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHDFIHJKELMNOP |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11010111 1101011 11011111 1111111 110101110 111111 111110111 11011111 11110110111 1101111 1010 1011010 11111 0101101001 0111101011 1101010101 101111001 1101110010 101010011 1011111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 661 |
Words | 136 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 520 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 140 |
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