This is an analysis of the poem Am Rhein that begins with:

Wir reisten zusammen mit andern
Zu Schiff hinunter den Rhein,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XbXX cXcX dXXX XXaX XXXX XXXX XeXe XXXb XXXc XXXX XXXX XXXX dXXX XXXX XfXf XXaX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010011110 1110011 11110010 11011010 1111010110 0111011 11010110 1111001 1111111 11011100 11011001 111110 1101011 111011 111001011 1001101 1111100110 1111110 111110 11111 1101111110 110101 110110100 1101010 11111010 110111 1011100 1111100 11111100 1101101 1111100 110111 11111100 1001101 11001100 11011011 11110100 1101111 11111100 111111 11011010 1001101 1111110 1101010 1111010 111001 1111010 1101011 110110010 11100 1011000 1111010 110111 100111 1111001 111011 1111001 10111 1110011 111111010 1101110 11111101 11001100 111100101 1111011 01100 11010001 11111010 110110 101100 1111001 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • 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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