Analysis of Inflated Dreams
City lights lure souls streaming by,
giving steel and brick a fresh face.
For gathered together they supply
the mortar that holds dreams in place.
Roads twist into a maze of streets,
where beggars claim the parks as theirs.
And in alleys when dark retreats,
drunks sleep ignoring angry stares.
The clamor of life drills the air,
and smog retains an eerie glow.
A few annoyances we share and bear,
as a chemical sun sets low.
Swanky working girls glitz the night,
promising pleasures of all type.
And to entice your appetite,
neon banners accentuate the hype.
With Satan hidden from the eye,
innocence is introduced to sin.
And inflated dreams draw passers-by,
eager to pay for a chance to win.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH AIAI |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 10111101 10101011 110010101 01011101 11010111 11010111 00101101 11010101 01011101 01011101 0101001101 10100111 10101101 10010111 0101110 1010010001 11010101 10010111 001011101 101110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 674 |
Words | 121 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on October 10, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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