Analysis of tigerdreams
Roger McGough 1937 (Litherland)
i go to sleep on all fours
ready to pounce
on any dream
in which you might appear
Claws withdrawn
i want you live
the image fresh as meat
i want you live
the memories flesh to eat
Every nightmare its the same
prowling through forests
growling your name
until the alarmclock cracks the first twig
and lifting the blankets
i collapse
into the undergrowth.
| Scheme | abcdeFgFghihjklm |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111111 1011 1101 011101 101 1111 010111 1111 0100111 1001101 10110 1011 01011011 010010 101 01010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 338 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 288 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 65 |
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