This is an analysis of the poem O Heavens, Heavens, See You In My Dreams that begins with:
O heavens, heavens, see you in my dreams!
It is impossible -- you had become so blind,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101011011 000100110111 1111100101 1111011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 4
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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