Analysis of Imagine
My eyelids flickered
and, gritting teeth
I created pictures
in disbelief
opened windows
with dazzling colours
stunning rainbows
I soon discovered
I felt mother's face
(which I knew so well)
looked out of place
(though I daren't tell)
a delicate rose
proved such a joy
I'd remembered smelling
when a boy
that precarious
old squeaky gate
which in a wind
I grew to hate
the sea roared
blues and greens
every colour inbetween
in this pipedream
so much fantasy
though sweet as wine
I'll never see
you see, I'm blind
Scheme | ABCDECEAFGFGEHIHJKLKMNOPQOQL |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110 0101 101010 001 1010 11001 101 11010 11101 11111 1111 111011 01001 1101 101010 101 10100 1101 1001 1111 011 101 10011 011 11100 1111 1101 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 528 |
Words | 93 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 28 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 410 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 90 |
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Submitted on January 25, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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