This is an analysis of the poem De Tea Fabula that begins with:

Do I sleep? Do I dream?
Am I hoaxed by a scout? ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abABCbdcDcbccecebXafafgXebebXXcfcdhfXiciXXdjXjhXdXdcfcdcDcgcabABCb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 66,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 1110101 11111 101001 01111100101010101 1 101011 101001 101011 001001 01110100111000100 1 101001 111011 101111 011011 101011111001 101011 111001 111101 111001 111001 110111001100101100 1 101011 101001 111011 101011 11100101001110101 1 111011 111101 101001 101001 111001111011001 101 111101 111101 001001 111011 1110010110110110 11 111101 001100 110010 001001 10110101101101 1101 111101 0111010 101001 111001 111111101011001 001 101011 101001 101011 001001 1010010010010110 01 111111 101101 11111 101001 01111100101010101 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1966
  • Average number of words per stanza: 373
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i, and are repeated.

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