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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Written on September 18, 1992

Submitted by steve-edwards on August 04, 2023

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William Stephen Edwards

William Stephen Edwards was raised on a dryland cotton farm in West Texas. He holds a BA in English (1965) and an MS in Speech/Language Pathology and Audiology (1972) from Texas Tech University. Mr. Edwards is a decorated Vietnam veteran and is divorced, with two daughters. Currently he is a retired Speech/Language Pathologist living in Austin, Texas. more…

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