This is an analysis of the poem An Eine Witwe that begins with:

Nach einem heftigen Gewitter
Wandl ich allein im tiefen Haine...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX aXab XXbX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100100 11101101 1111110 1111100 1100110 11010100 11100110 11111101 111111000 11101101 1111110 11101101 11111010 10110110 1111101 110111110 01011111000 111111111 110101010 10111000 1111110 11110111 111111100 11110001 111101110 1111110 11111101010 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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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