This is an analysis of the poem Orest Auf Tauris that begins with:

Ist dies Tauris, wo der Eumeniden
Wut zu stillen Pythia versprach?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • 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: 1110111000 111010010 111011111000 101111101 101011010 10111011 1101111 1111011 111111100 11110101 101010101 11101010 11011111100 111001101 1110010 1101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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