Analysis of Dreams Steal Away
Everything tended
to darken around her
The light from the sun
all feelings deferred
Her winter foreboding
sucks air from the room
Constant denials
predictions of doom
Pawning tomorrow
the price of today
Happiness bartered
her dreams steal away
Everything tended
to darken around her
Shadows descending
—the future interred
(The New Room: July, 2023)
| Scheme | ABxc dexe xfcf ABdc x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010 110010 01101 11001 010010 11101 10010 01011 101 01101 10010 01101 1010 110010 1010 0101 0111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 357 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 58 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on July 27, 2023
Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on July 27, 2023
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