This is an analysis of the poem Fahrt Zum Hades that begins with:

Der Nachen dröhnt, Cypressen flüstern,
Horch, Geister reden schaurig drein;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa aXXX XXaX XXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011001 11010101 11111011 111111 1101111 11111111 1011111 110111 111110100 11000100 110100010 10001101 100111010 111111110 100101100 1101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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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  • summary of Fahrt Zum Hades;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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