Analysis of The Awakening
James Weldon Johnson 1871 (Jacksonville) – 1938 (Wiscasset)
I dreamed that I was a rose
That grew beside a lonely way,
Close by a path none ever chose,
And there I lingered day by day.
Beneath the sunshine and the show'r
I grew and waited there apart,
Gathering perfume hour by hour,
And storing it within my heart,
Yet, never knew,
Just why I waited there and grew.
I dreamed that you were a bee
That one day gaily flew along,
You came across the hedge to me,
And sang a soft, love-burdened song.
You brushed my petals with a kiss,
I woke to gladness with a start,
And yielded up to you in bliss
The treasured fragrance of my heart;
And then I knew
That I had waited there for you.
Scheme | ABABXCXCDD EFEFGCGCDD |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 1111101 11010101 11011101 01110111 01010011 11010101 1000110110 01010111 1101 11110101 1111001 11110101 11010111 01011101 11110101 1111101 01011101 01010111 0111 11110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 611 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 10 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 240 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 62 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 31, 2023
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