Analysis of No Dream
Holding myself in
I burn and writh with mortal sin
Ache fills my soul so deep
Tightly sealed my lips do not seep
Cringing trying not to scream
Through hot tears I see no gleam
Reality reveals this is no dream
| Scheme | AABBCCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010 11011101 111111 10111111 1010111 1111111 10011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 202 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 168 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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