Analysis of Dream Anguish
Maurice Henry Hewlett 1861 (Weybridge, ) – 1923 ( London, )
My thought of thee is tortured in my sleep--
Sometimes thou art near beside me, but a cloud
Doth grudge me thy pale face, and rise to creep
Slowly about thee, to lap thee in a shroud;
And I, as standing by my dead, to weep
Desirous, cannot weep, nor cry aloud.
Or we must face the clamouring of a crowd
Hissing our shame; and I who ought to keep
Thine honour safe and my betrayed heart proud,
Knowing thee true, must watch a chill doubt leap
The tired faith of thee, and thy head bow'd,
Nor budge while the gross world holdeth thee cheap!
Or there are frost-bound meetings, and reproach
At parting, furtive snatches full of fear;
Love grown a pain; we bleed to kiss, and kiss
Because we bleed for love; the time doth broach
Shame, and shame teareth at us till we tear
Our hearts to shreds--yet wilder love for this!
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Metre | 1111110011 01111011101 1111110111 10011111001 0111011111 0101011101 111101101 10101011111 111010111 1011110111 0101110111 111011111 1111110001 1101010111 1101111101 0111110111 101111111 10111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 801 |
Words | 156 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 316 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 78 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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