This is an analysis of the poem From Faust - Iv. Chorus Of Spirits that begins with:

VANISH, dark clouds on high,
Offspring of night!...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcc ba dX d beef gf ghhhgggii jkk jiii hi hkk jbb jaallj aX ad md mg cgXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,2,2,1,4,2,9,3,4,2,3,3,6,2,2,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111 1101 1011001 101101 1001 101111 1001 110100 1011 1111 100101 101101 1000101 1001 100101 0111 110101 101101 100101 100101 110101 100101 111101 101101 1101 100101 100101 1001 110101 1001101 100101 1101 000101 1001 101101 10111 1010 110101 101101 1001 110101 010101 101101 100101 110101 1011 100110 1001 110101 10011 101101 10011 110101 1011 101101 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 65
  • Average number of words per stanza: 11
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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