This is an analysis of the poem Impending Doom that begins with:
Es machen sich die Fliegen
Ein luftig Tanzvergnügen. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX aabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101110 110100 1111110 1111100 1101110 1100110 011111 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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