Analysis of BUT A DREAM



Between something unseen
I shiver beneath my skin
Waiting for the unseen to leave

The echo of a scream or was it but a dream.


Scheme XXX X
Poetic Form
Metre 011001 1100111 10100111 010101111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 126
Words 26
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 3, 1
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 50
Words per stanza (avg) 13

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Written on February 22, 2023

Submitted by fostersammie on February 22, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Sammie Bagley

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