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 |
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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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