This is an analysis of the poem Du Nennst Mich Freund... that begins with:

Du nennst mich Freund! Ich geb' das Wort zurück -
Doch, liebe Freundin, laß uns nicht vergessen:...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 011111111 1110111100 11101101000 011101110 0101011100 1110111100 11100110110 1101110101 111111100 10011011111 1101100010 1101011111110 1111110100 1111011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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