This is an analysis of the poem Der Trübe Wandrer that begins with:

Am Strand des Lebens irr ich, starre düster
Ins Todesmeer, umhüllt von Nebelflor;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101111 11110011100 1101111101 111111110 1111111000 1111001000 1101001000 1101111010 111010011 1001010110 100011011 110101011 1100110110 1111010110 1110111100 10111001 101011111 11110101010 100110101 11011111010 1101110010 1110001101 110101111 101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1019
  • Average number of words per stanza: 180
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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