Analysis of The Dream
Believe me, this was true last night,
Tho' it is false to-day.
-- A.M.F. Robinson.
A fair dream to my chamber flew:
Such a crowd of folk that stirred,
Jested, fluttered; only you,
You alone of all that band,
Calm and silent, spake no word.
Only once you neared my place,
And your hand one moment's space
Sought the fingers of my hand;
Your eyes flashed to mine; I knew
All was well between us two.
* * * * *
On from dream to dream I past,
But the first sweet vision cast
Mystic radiance o'er the last.
* * * * *
When I woke the pale night lay
Still, expectant of the day;
All about the chamber hung
Tender shade of twilight gloom;
The fair dream hovered round me, clung
To my thought like faint perfume:--
Like sweet odours, such as cling
To the void flask, which erst encloses
Attar of rose; or the pale string
Of amber which has lain with roses.
Scheme | XAX BCBDCEEDBB FFF AAGHGHIEIX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01111111 111111 1100 01111101 1011111 110101 1011111 1010111 1011111 0111101 1010111 1111111 1110111 1 1111111 1011101 101001001 1 1110111 1010101 1010101 101111 01110111 1111101 111111 1011111 10111011 110111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 828 |
Words | 171 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 10, 1, 3, 1, 10 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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