This is an analysis of Songs By The Lake by Nikolaus Franz Niembsch Edler von Strehlenau.

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In the sky the sun is failing,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbc dXde bfbf X Xgfg hihi fjfj a Xeke kgkg lflf
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1 00101010 1010111 10111110 0010111 01101110 1111110 00101010 1011101 11101010 1110001 11101010 1010101 1 11111 10111 10101 10111 10111 10101 100101 101001 00101 11111 11101 10001 1 10110100 1010101 10101010 0010101 10101110 1010001 10101010 10101001 11111111 1111101 101011111 1110001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 12
  • Lines: 39