This is an analysis of the poem Über Allen Zauber Liebe that begins with:

Sie hüpfte mit mir auf grünem Plan,
Und sah die fahlendenLinden an...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXXXXXX XXXXXXXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111111 111100001 111101000 11010110 11011110 1101110 101111 1 110101 11011111 1100110110 111101110 11110100 111111 1101100 111101 1 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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