Analysis of Evening clouds



Clouds seh I abendwaerts
Completely dipped into purest glow,
Clouds in light zerhaucht completely,
Had so stifling darkened.
Yes! my suspecting heart says to me:
Once still it becomes whether also late,
When the sun comes down,
Me the soul shade clarifies.


Scheme ABCDCEFA
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 010101101 1011010 111010 110101111 1110110101 10111 101110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 264
Words 44
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 207
Words per stanza (avg) 42
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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