Analysis of Mud Dreams

Greg Lanier 1962 (Atlanta, GA)



I wandered to the edge of town
And thought that I should turn around
But then a light came from the sky
That bade me question questioning why
And so I wandered a little farther
Unassuming - not a bother
When suddenly a truck came by
And splashed some mud into my eye
And so I screamed, “This isn’t fair!”
I threw a rock
I threw a chair

I threw a chair?
What’s this I said?
I had not ventured from my bed
Except to dream in tales of gloom
I still laid prisoned in my room
Then lying back from whence I came
I felt a subtle, itching pain
Reaching hands up to my head
I scratched until my finger’s bled
And to this day can’t understand
How mud clods filled my bleeding hands


Scheme xxaabbaacxC Cddeexxddxx
Poetic Form
Metre 11010111 01111101 11011101 111101001 0111001010 0101010 11000111 01110111 0111111 1101 1101 1101 0111 11110111 01110111 11110011 11011111 11010101 1011111 11011101 0111101 11111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 662
Words 136
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 11, 11
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 263
Words per stanza (avg) 68
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Submitted by GregLanier on May 10, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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