This is an analysis of The Dream by Louise Bogan.
O God, in the dream the terrible horse began
To paw at the air, and make for me with his blows,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab caXa dddd ecce
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 110010100101 011011111001 11110101101 1101010011101101 10011111101 111100111101 010101111001 100111101011 11111001101 11111111011 111111110111 110111100101 11010001011101 101101111 010011111101 10111110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
his, and, my