This is an analysis of the poem See Und Wasserfall that begins with:

Die Felsen schroff und wild,
Der See, die Waldumnachtung...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX XXXX bXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 1111000 111101 1000100 11111100 1001010 111100 111100 011101 100110 11111 111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of See Und Wasserfall;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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