This is an analysis of the poem Niagara that begins with:

Klar und wie die Jugend heiter,
Und wie murmelnd süßen Traum,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XbXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111010 111011 1101010 111011 1101101 1011101 100111101 111101 10111010 111010 11011000 100101 1101010 111100 1111110 110110 1110100 1011101 111110 1011101 110011 1011101 11101000 111100 11101100 100101 10110000 1111100 11110010 11111 1110110 011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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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  • summary of Niagara;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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