Analysis of My Beautiful Dream



I had a beautiful dream last night.
A vision sent to shed some much-needed light.
Crimson blood descends elegantly down the wall,
It assembles into a peaceful puddle.
Her smiling reflection resides in the madness.
Soulless blood doesn't know the pain of sadness.
A metallic shell lies on the rug in the hall,
A bang had never been so silent.

Come to me, Love with me, Leave without me.
There were Five and then Four, now there's Three.
Today I found a way to end the cycle.
Now there's Two.

I played tug of war with the wall and I lost.
Despite all the pain, it was worth the cost.
I pulled and pulled until my face turned blue,
I cannot lie, I loved the view.
The cost for a gift much greater than life,
is the pain for a chance to be dead.

I celebrate my freedom from the pain of existence.
I gaze down at the Two whom I left from a distance.
Their tears make me realize the harms of my deed.
I'm no better than Five or Four, I'm just Three.


Scheme AABCDDBX EECF XXFFXX GGXE
Poetic Form
Metre 110100111 01011111101 101011000101 10100101010 010010010010 10110101110 001011101001 011101110 1111111011 101011111 01110111010 111 11111101011 0110111101 1101011111 11011101 0110111011 101101111 1101101011010 1111011111010 11111001111 11101111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 922
Words 185
Sentences 18
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 8, 4, 6, 4
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 181
Words per stanza (avg) 46
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Submitted on December 29, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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