This is an analysis of the poem A Heine Love Song that begins with:

The image of the moon at night
All trembling in the ocean lies,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab aXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01000111 110000101 11011111 110101001 11010111 110100100 110111001 110100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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