This is an analysis of the poem A Magic Mountain that begins with:

I don’t remember exactly when Budberg died, it was either two years
ago or three. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdX Xbe deXdfa ghcb ddeXaX ifaibdhXb XaXeXhfdgeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,6,4,6,9,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100101101011010 0111 0101101110101 1101010101010 110001000101010 111010111011011 1110011110 111010110101111 0010101010 10001010111 101000110 0101000100101 1110011101 111111110010 111111111001 1010011011001010 101010101111101 10010101011001 11100110101011 1110111101 1111101101 10111101011 01111111001 0011011111 010001010101 0101111 1111010101 1101000101 10110001 01111011 100110100010001 1001100010 001001110101001 1101011 100101010 111101 101001010 10100101 1100001010 1110010101 10101011111 1101011101 11101010010110100 11110101010 10100100111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 295
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • 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.

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