This is an analysis of the poem From 'To Seraphime' that begins with:

Wandl' ich in dem Wald des Abends
Through the wood when I am wandering...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXXX Xbab acXc X dedeXdada
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,1,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011110 101111100 0010100 10101010 1110111 01011011 0010111 00101110 1010101 01101010 0111101 11101010 1011111 11111101100 010100111 11111110 01110111 0101110 110010111 01001110 11110111 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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

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

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