Analysis of I have a dream



I have a dream
 of freedom, peace, equality,
 where man will love his neighbor
 sharing land
 under no ones command.

I had a vision
 in which man lived in unity
 no more war
 no barren soil
 no conflict
 no hostility.

I had a glimpse of the future
 there was no uncertainty
 man lived in harmony
 just as it was meant to be.

My dream was not a fantasy
 my vision will come true
 I saw into the future
 I returned to bring you truth.

I witnessed the pain and turmoil
 I watched as children died
 I saw the greed that bought man to his knees
 I looked on in dismay as seeds refused to sow.

Weapons of mass destruction
 wiped dictators out
 as the masses invaded the weapons and gases
 and the world decided to stop paying taxes.

Governments had no one left to trade with
they drowned in their own debt
as the poor raised their weary heads
 dollars and euros held no worth
 mother nature reclaimed the earth.


Scheme XABCC DAXEXA BAAA AXBX EXXX DXFF XXXGG
Poetic Form
Metre 1101 11010100 1111110 101 101101 11010 01110100 111 1101 110 10100 11011010 1110100 110100 1111111 11110100 110111 1101010 1011111 1100101 111101 1101111111 111001110111 1011010 10101 1010010010010 00110111010 1001111111 110111 10111101 1001111 10100101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 880
Words 170
Sentences 7
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 5, 6, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 100
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Submitted on August 22, 2014

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Maria Shaw

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