This is an analysis of the poem O Alter Duft that begins with:

O alter Duft aus Märchenzeit,
Berauschest wieder meine Sinne;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXXX XXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110 1001011 11101100 10111 111111 110111100 1101110 100101 11010111 110100010 1011111 11100110 1101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of O Alter Duft;
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