This is an analysis of the poem Was Ich Höre... that begins with:
. . . Ein leises, fernes Walzerklingen, so süss, so
wehmütig — Duftige Farben umwogen mich, strahlende...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXXXXXXaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 110101000111 101010100110 10101111101010 111010111010 10111101111 11001010011 110101101010 10 10100110 11111111 11010111111100 1010 011 111 111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 567
- Average number of words per stanza: 95
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
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