This is an analysis of the poem Schlaflose Nacht that begins with:

Schlaflose Nacht, du bist allein die Zeit
Der ungestörten Einsamkeit!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXXXXXbbXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXAX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011011 1100100 11011111 010101000 111101000 1001111100 110111111101 111100110111 111111010 111011010 11111011100 11011100010 111101001011110 1101010110 1101011110 10011101010 110111000 1101111111110 11010111000 10110100100 0110001010 11110100100 11011101100 1111110110 101011011 1100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1054
  • Average number of words per stanza: 169
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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