Analysis of She, The Dream in My Sleep



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
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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Jeffrey Lynn Naylor

Retired Professor of Literary Criticism, Philosophy, and Religion. Father of 6, grandfather of 6. A lover of all life has to offer. I have traveled the world, lived and worked among many cultures discovering that all people are essentially bound by a common thread. more…

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