Analysis of In the Land of Dreams
Mary Hannay Foott 1846 (Glasgow) – 1918 (Bundaberg)
A bridle-path in the tangled mallee,
With blossoms unnamed and unknown bespread,
And two who ride through its leafy alley,
But never the sound of a horse's tread.
And one by one whilst the foremost rider
Puts back the boughs which have grown apace,
And side by side where the track is wider,
Together they come to the olden place.
To the leaf-dyed pool whence the mallards flattered,
Or ever the horses had paused to drink;
Where the word was said and the vow was uttered
That brighten for ever its weedy brink.
And Memory closes her sad recital,
In Fate's cold eyes there are kindly gleams,
While for one brief moment of blest requital,
The parted have met, in the Land of Dreams.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD BEBE AFAF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 010100101 110010011 0111111010 1100110101 011110110 110111101 0111101110 0101110101 10111101010 1100101111 10111001110 1101101101 01001001010 011111101 111110111 0101100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 674 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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