Analysis of Dreams Forgotten
Whispers before me,
echoes behind
Voices portending,
words to remind
Sleepless imprisoned,
nights linger on
Shadows approaching
—memory gone
(Dreamsleep: May, 2020)
| Scheme | XA BA XX BX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10011 1001 10010 1101 10010 1101 1010 1001 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 158 |
| Words | 22 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 2 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 27 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 4 |
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