Analysis of Always Dreaming While Awake



For so long I walked through
a desolate lifetime without you
heavy was the price to pay,
others closed their eyes for sleep
my eyes closed, only to weep.

Often I would speak to you when
all alone, many would look at me
but never a word was said, Your
eyes would sweetly smile at me,
always we held hands, never saying
                                           goodbye.
Then I wake all by myself, without you once
again, by the lake with touching mist, your
feet won't touch the floor, never do I have a
dream, I see all when awake,close my eyes
and think of you, one day my hand you'll take.

Bobby Ferguson 15/08/2014.


Scheme AABCC XDEDXXXEBXX X
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 01001011 1010111 1011111 1111011 10111111 101101111 11001111 1110111 11111010 1 1111110111 0110111011 11101101110 11111111 0111111111 10100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 603
Words 112
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 11, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 148
Words per stanza (avg) 37
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Submitted on December 01, 2014

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Bobby Ferguson

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