This is an analysis of the poem A Thought From The Rhine that begins with:

I heard an Eagle crying all alone
Above the vineyards through the summer night,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXaXcXabbdbXXXdc X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111010101 0101010101 01010001010 0101010001 11011110101 1101011111 10011010111 010111010010 1111010001 1111110111 0110000111 1011001111 1100110101 1101110111 0100011101 1101110101 0101111111 0101010101 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 403
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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