This is an analysis of the poem Still Ist Die Nacht that begins with:

The night is so still, the streets are at rest,
This is the house that my love graced,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXXbXbcdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101101111 00011111 00011111 1010100101 01111111 110101001 111010111 01111101 110111010 11111011 11001101010 111011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 485
  • Average number of words per stanza: 96
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

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

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