This is an analysis of the poem Schweigen Der Nacht that begins with:

O tiefe Nacht, die weit und einsam blaut,
Sichtbarer Schlaf du der erschaffnen Welten...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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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: 111111101 10010110010 111111010 111111110 1101110110 1100111100100 10111101010 1101010100 1011001010 110101011 11111111101 11111101 11110010 11111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; der is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word und is repeated.

    The author used the same word und at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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