A Dream
On an eve I wandered
A lighted wood chip trail
Newly born, I newly saw
The lovely lowing swale
In vernal pools, the little bugs
They kept their cozy lots
Under limbs of giant trees
With crooked whorl knots
I nearly lost myself
Amongst these simple folk
‘Til startled by a wetness -
The unkind clouds had broke
In panicked haste I ran
Through musical dripping drops
Down a watery puddle path
Below the sheltering copse
And I sweat-through awoke
And spied my sleeping wife
I returned to concrete thoughts
I returned to a cemented life
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XABA XCXC XDXD XXXB DEXE |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 515 |
Words | 96 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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