This is an analysis of Schlaflose Nacht by Nikolaus Franz Niembsch Edler von Strehlenau.

Schlaflose Nacht, du bist allein die Zeit
Der ungestörten Einsamkeit!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AXXXXXbbXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXAX
  • Stanza lengths: 26,
  • Metre: 101011011 1100100 11011111 010101000 111101000 1001111100 110111111101 111100110111 111111010 111011010 11111011100 11011100010 111101001011110 1101010110 1101011110 10011101010 110111000 1101111111110 11010111000 10110100100 0110001010 11110100100 11011101100 1111110110 101011011 1100100
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 26