Bereft, She Thinks She Dreams
Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)
I dream that the dearest I ever knew
Has died and been entombed.
I am sure it's a dream that cannot be true,
But I am so overgloomed
By its persistence, that I would gladly
Have quick death take me,
Rather than longer think thus sadly;
So wake me, wake me!
It has lasted days, but minute and hour
I expect to get aroused
And find him as usual in the bower
Where we so happily housed.
Yet stays this nightmare too appalling,
And like a web shakes me,
And piteously I keep on calling,
And no one wakes me!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABABCCCC DEDEFCFC |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 496 |
Words | 102 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
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