Analysis of Damn the Dream
This time it was cold outside and we tread on a light sheet of snow
Bundled beyond recognition of form, only our hands and faces out
We paused for a comment face-to-face
And suddenly it was lips slightly parted, warm against the cold
It was again and again, each time as soft and melting
Each time different - together straight, to the slight side, just parallel or crossed,
the corners, full front, top, bottom only-
Two ribbons of soft there each time, satin, velvet, cotton, silk ribbons of warm, snow-dream love
Mine, little moments of mine for the span of a touch, again and again and again
‘til I lost my breath
and awoke
Blew the candle out and stared into the night
To keep the dream at bay, lest it release a memory
To eat at my mind and tear my flailing heart
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Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 773 |
Words | 147 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 43 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 201 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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another woeful "lost love" verse
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