This is an analysis of Die Drei Indianer by Nikolaus Franz Niembsch Edler von Strehlenau.

Mächtig zürnt der Himmel im Gewitter,
Schmettert manche Rieseneich in Splitter,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXaX XXabbX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 111101100 101100010 110101 11111011000 1010110010 11111111101 10011101 101110100 11101010 1111111001 10100101 111010101 101111100 1111101100 111011101 111010011 111011100 101110010 111101010 10111011110 1110101100 111010101 10110100 111111011100 11100101 101111 1011111100 1111100100 111011010 1110111010 10111111110 1010111000 11111110110 111011110110 1000101110 1011100110 110001010 110111000 110011000 111101000 101111000 111100100
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 42