Analysis of Just a Dream



I fell asleep
In our flowered field
During a blue Tuesday noon
I leaned against the old tree
And dreamt dreams of you
But it wasn't as I thought,
an' I prayed they weren't true
Cause I saw you with her
Such sickly sweet smiles
Your hands tucked away
Into hers
I toss and turn
You stoke her hair
I scream
You don't care
Your eyes so tightly locked
I'll never find the key
To unlock this nightmare
And make us happy
I try and grasp you
But you run away
I can't run fast enough
I'm left astray
But then something reminds me
It's just a dream
Don't bother to cry
Don't bother to scream
Because none of it's real
Just open your eyes
Your love is still there
Cause love never dies
I sigh in content
And awake from the nap
Only to cry out
The heart strings 'ave snapped
Our flowered field 'as died
Everything was true
And I'm left picking grass
Not thinking of you


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Poetic Form
Metre 1101 010101 1001101 1101011 01111 1110111 1111101 111110 11011 11101 010 1101 1101 11 111 111101 110101 10111 01110 11011 11101 111101 1101 1110011 1101 11011 11011 011111 11011 11111 11101 11010 001101 10111 01111 1010111 1011 011101 11011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 819
Words 169
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 39
Lines Amount 39
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 674
Words per stanza (avg) 169
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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