Analysis of A Dream
William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)
Once a dream did weave a shade
O'er my angel-guarded bed,
That an emmet lost its way
Where on grass methought I lay.
Troubled, wildered, and forlorn,
Dark, benighted, travel-worn,
Over many a tangle spray,
All heart-broke, I heard her say:
'Oh my children! do they cry,
Do they hear their father sigh?
Now they look abroad to see,
Now return and weep for me.'
Pitying, I dropped a tear:
But I saw a glow-worm near,
Who replied, 'What wailing wight
Calls the watchman of the night?
'I am set to light the ground,
While the beetle goes his round:
Follow now the beetle's hum;
Little wanderer, hie thee home!'
Scheme | XXAA BBAA CCDD XXEE FFXX |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) Quatrain (40%) |
Metre | 1011101 10110101 1110111 111111 101001 1010101 10100101 1111101 1110111 1111101 1110111 1010111 1001101 1110111 1011101 1010101 1111101 1010111 101011 10100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 618 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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