This is an analysis of the poem An Den Wind that begins with:

Ich wandre fort ins ferne Land;
Noch einmal blickt' ich um , bewegt,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXaXbbXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 11011110 1111111110 1110011 1111111101 1111011 11111101 11111001 11111001 01010100 11101011 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 407
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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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