Analysis of A Dream That Was Not All A Dream.
Through the half-curtained window stole
An Autumn sunset's glow,
As languid on my couch I lay
With pulses weak and low.
And then methought a presence stood,
With shining feet and fair,
Amid the waves of golden light
That rippled through the air,
And laid upon my heaving breast,
With earnest glance and true,
A babe, whose fair and gentle brow
No shade of sorrow knew.
A solemn joy was in my heart,--
Immortal life was given
To Earth, upon her battle-field
To discipline for Heaven.
Soft music thrilled the quiet room,--
An unseen host were nigh,
Who left the infant pilgrim at
The threshold of our sky.
A new, strange love woke in my heart,
Defying all control,
As on the soft air rose and fell
That birth-hymn for a soul!
And now again the Autumn skies,
As on that evening, shine,
When, from a trance of agony,
I woke to joy divine.
That boundless love is in my heart,
That birth-hymn on the air;
I clasp in mine, with grateful faith,
A tiny hand in prayer.
And bless the God who guides my way,
That, mid this world so wide,
I day by day am walking with
An angel by my side.
Scheme | ABCB XDXD XEXE FGXG XHXH FAXA XIXI FDXD CJXJ |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1011101 11011 11011111 110101 0110101 110101 01011101 110101 01011101 110101 01110101 111101 01011011 0101110 11010101 1100110 11010101 101101 11010101 011101 01111011 010101 11011101 111101 01010101 111101 11011100 111101 11011011 111101 11011101 010101 01011111 111111 11111101 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,065 |
Words | 214 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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