Analysis of The Loom of Dreams

Arthur Symons 1865 (Milford Haven) – 1945



I broider the world upon a loom,
I broider with dreams my tapestry;
Here in a little lonely room
I am master of earth and sea,
And the planets come to me.

I broider my life into the frame,
I broider my love, thread upon thread;
The world goes by with its glory and shame,
Crowns are bartered and blood is shed;
I sit and broider my dreams instead.

And the only world is the world of my dreams,
And my weaving the only happiness;
For what is the world but what it seems?
And who knows but that God, beyond our guess,
Sits weaving worlds out of loneliness?


Scheme ABABB CDCDD EFEXF
Poetic Form
Metre 11010101 11111100 10010101 11101101 0010111 11110101 11111011 0111111001 11100111 11011101 00101101111 0110010100 111011111 01111101101 110111100
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 562
Words 111
Sentences 5
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 143
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 17, 2023

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Arthur Symons

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