This is an analysis of the poem Mein Stern that begins with:

Um meine wunde Brust geschlagen
Den Mantel der Melancholei,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXaX bXbc XXXc XaXa XdXd
  • 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: 1111100 11011000 111100100 1101010 110101010 110110 1101001 11011101 11101110 11010101 1101010 1101101 111111110 1001011 111101110 1111110101 11111100 1111101 1111111000 110111111 11110101 1111101 1111100 11110101 10111111 11110101 01111101 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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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