Analysis of Imaginary Dreams
Illusions are made with mirrors,
the sky is black yet we see blue.
And like sheep we're led by shearers,
their reality blocks our view.
Flashing neons proposition youth,
as the city beckons with lights.
And the lambs rush to the slaughter,
unaware reality bites.
Seduced by magic elixirs,
drugs hold anxieties in check.
And doctors keep proscribing them,
until you're a physical wreck.
Politicians promise the world
yet provide substantially less.
And whenever they're caught lying,
they blame each other for the mess.
Parks attract drunks and criminals,
and no one is safe out at nights.
For the police might harass you,
while depriving you of your rights.
We live among possibilities,
where nothing is quite what it seems.
And thrive in never never land,
within imaginary dreams.
Scheme | ABAB XCXC ADXD XEXE XCBC XFXF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 01011110 01111111 0111111 1101101 1010101 10101011 00111010 01101 011101 11010001 010111 01101001 0101001 10101001 00101110 11110101 10110100 01111111 10011011 10101111 11010100 11011111 01010101 0101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 758 |
Words | 129 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on October 07, 2013
Modified on April 15, 2023
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