Analysis of Yesterday's Nightmare



The real world of today,
Was not what we thought of...
Today's misery,
Was yesterday's future,
And Tomorrow's Dreams.....
Are someones Nightmares....


Scheme ABCDEF
Poetic Form
Metre 011101 111111 01100 11010 0011 111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 144
Words 22
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 110
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted on June 04, 2012

Modified on March 05, 2023

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