Analysis of Dreams I'll Never See



Seems every single morning now,
I wake up with the blues.
I don't know why and don't know how
I still put on my shoes.

My tears flow like a raging stream
to oceans I can't see.
The future's all a foggy dream.
The present's killing me.

I'm looking out, the sky is gray
though other folks see blue.
I must survive another day.
I'll try to muddle through.

My mirror shows the face of shame,
this shell I came to be.
The gods and fates put out the flame
of dreams I'll never see.


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GDGD
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 110010101 111101 11110111 111111 11110101 110111 01010101 01101 11010111 110111 11010101 111101 11010111 111111 01011101 111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 478
Words 109
Sentences 10
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 90
Words per stanza (avg) 24

About this poem

This poem was inspired by the song, "Dreams I'll Never See" by Molly Hatchett

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Submitted by davidi.89730 on May 20, 2023

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Dave Irby

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