This is an analysis of the poem We Dream—it Is Good We Are Dreaming that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XaXa XbXb Xcac XdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 110001110 01110101 11001011 111101 11110100 000101 11110010 1100101 1011110 1101001 101101001 101001 1101010 011111 101010010 010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, it, and are repeated.

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