Analysis of Dangerous To Dream
Laying under a veil of stars,
twinkling lights confetti night.
Appearing so familiar,
they're a beautiful sight.
I take the time to write this,
for your memory haunts me.
And I miss you so much, just
thinking how things use to be.
It's said God favors desert lands,
and that gives my heart a thrill.
Funny philosophizing
about God, when sent to kill.
Got some letters from strangers,
saying they are real proud of me.
I can't describe how that feels,
it's what it means to be free.
I wish I could hold you tight,
and every night my heart pines.
Yet it's dangerous to dream,
while dodging bullets and mines.
Watching shooting stars zip by,
I make a wish to go home.
But while in Afghanistan,
it's unsafe to let thoughts roam.
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC XBXB ADXD XEXE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 10100111 10010101 0101010 101001 1101111 1110011 0111111 1011111 11110101 0111101 101 0111111 1110110 10111111 1101111 1111111 1111111 01001111 1110011 1101001 1010111 1101111 110010 1011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 701 |
Words | 133 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on October 09, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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