This is an analysis of the poem Traurige Wege that begins with:

Bin mit dir im Wald gegangen;
Ach, wie war der Wald so froh!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXXb XbXb XXaX XcXc XcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111100 1111111 111110 111110 1111110 1110101 111110 101111 1111111100 1111111 11111010 111101 10101100 11111 1111101110 111100 1101000 111111 11111010 111011111 11101110 111101 10111010 1111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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