This is an analysis of the poem We Are The Music-Makers that begins with:

We are the music-makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaXaaa aabbcdcd efefXfef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 11101001 10011110 11011001 11011100 0110111 111010110 00101001 01001010 11101110 110010010 110110010 11001110 11111001 11001110 11011001 1001010 00101001 11000110 11001011 110000100 00100111 1110011010 11101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; world is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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