This is an analysis of the poem Möge Den Sund Aufschäumen, Den Wald Durchsausen Der Ostwind that begins with:

Möge den Sund aufschäumen, den Wald durchsausen der Ostwind
Ziehend das trübe Gewölk schwärzen die heitere Luft:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110011100110 1011111101 11101111101011 101111111110 10110110110110 0110101011010 1011111101111 10111001010 110011011000100 111111011001 1111011111001 1001111111010 11110111011100 11111011001 1010011010110 1011111111 11011110111 111011011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1012
  • Average number of words per stanza: 184
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; der, den are repeated.

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