Analysis of In Thy Dreams To Surely Come



In thy dreams, a world takes flight,
Where fantasies dance in the soft moonlight.
A realm where hopes and wishes run,
In the sweet embrace of dreams yet spun.

In the still of night, when stars align,
Thy dreams take shape, vivid and fine.
A canvas unfurls, a masterpiece born,
In the realm of dreams, where desires adorn.

In thy dreams, futures surely come,
Where visions bloom, where hearts succumb.
With every slumber, a tale unfurls,
In the whispers of dreams, where the heart swirls.

A world of enchantment, of pure delight,
Where imagination soars, taking flight.
In the ethereal realm where fantasies roam,
In thy dreams, destinies find their home.

Through the darkness that blankets the night,
In the theater of dreams, dreams take flight.
A realm of possibilities, where hopes become,
In thy dreams, a certainty to welcome.

So in the embrace of night's tender hum,
Let thy dreams blossom, let them become.
For in thy dreams, where dreams succumb,
Lies the promise of futures yet to come.


Scheme AABB CCDD EEFF AAGG AAEE EEEE
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 0110111 110010011 01110101 001011111 001111101 11111001 01010101 00111101001 01110101 11011101 110010011 0010111011 0110101101 100101101 000100111001 011100111 101011001 0010011111 01101001101 0110100110 1000111101 111101101 10111101 1010110111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,000
Words 198
Sentences 12
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 131
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Written on December 26, 2023

Submitted by ggolden9 on December 26, 2023

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