This is an analysis of To Mystics by Friedrich Schiller.

That is the only true secret, which in the presence of all men
Lies, and surrounds thee for ay, but which is witnessed by none.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aa
  • Stanza lengths: 2,
  • Metre: 1001011010010011 11011111101011
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 2