Analysis of Dreams led them on
There were campfires,
Gyres of blaze,
where men would speak
their great deeds
Of the hunt
that day
the story
would stray.
In gesticulating
arm waving
whooping spurts
of life-stuff
The hunter-king
armed his men
with vision.
Were they not kin
to him?
But one was there
not quite listening
but quiet
remembering
A fancier tale
he heard
than the hunter
did tell.
In dreams
embellished word
was formed
a poet born
So that
eventually
the hunters tale
was never enough
And deeds
of an illusory sort
filled the men
As dreams led them on.
Scheme | XXAB XCDC AEXF EGXXX XEXE HIXX XIXX XDHF BXGX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010 111 1111 111 101 11 010 11 01 110 101 111 0101 111 110 0111 11 1111 11100 110 0100 01001 11 1010 11 01 0101 11 0101 11 01000 0101 11001 01 1101001 101 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 493 |
Words | 95 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 47 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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