This is an analysis of the poem Wanderer's Night Songs. (From Goethe) that begins with:

I.
Thou that from the heavens art,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbaba XcdcdXeea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1100101 100111010 1010101 10001010 11100010 1010101 1010 1110011 1 101011 0101 01011 101 1001 01101001 1111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Wanderer's Night Songs. (From Goethe);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
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