Analysis of Dreams To Live On
Nature speaks,
in the quietude of dawn
A rapture complete,
last word to your song
Her message repeats,
till daylight is gone
With night bringing sleep,
—and dreams to live on
(White Mountains New Hampshire: May, 2017)
| Scheme | XA XX XA XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101 00111 01001 11111 01001 1111 11101 01111 1101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 219 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 34 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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