This is an analysis of the poem Mißfallen Der Toren that begins with:

Mißfallen der Toren, der Niedrigen Tadel
Ist Ehre dem Manne vom inneren Adel....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100110110010 1111110001 11111111100 110110110100 1111010100 111101010 1111001 111001010 11101010 1011011100 11110001110 11101011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 465
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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