Analysis of Dreams

Shinerra Ward 1975 (Tennessee)



Reaching in the blind shadows
There is light.
Light that's asking me to hold on too.
I'm scared.
Wonder if itz for real.
Wonder if it makes all dreams come true?


Scheme ABCDEC
Poetic Form
Metre 100011 111 111011111 11 101111 101111111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 162
Words 36
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 124
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Written on October 23, 2023

Submitted by sinerra on October 23, 2023

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