This is an analysis of Hymns To The Night : 6 : Longing For Death by Novalis.
Longing for Death
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Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a abacdd dcdefg XafXdd hhfhXb gigijj akakec ldlXmm bXhfef ininlh lilXdX
- Stanza lengths: 1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 1011 00010001 1001010 11110101 101010 10010101 100100111 10010101 1101010 111010111 110101 11000101 11111101 1001111 101101 11010101 10111010 01111111 11010101 011010010 010101 1010111 110101 101100100 10110010010 01011101 11010100 11010101 11110100 11111101 110011101 01100101 11101 11001101 001011 111010011 111101010 01010111 110101 00110101 1111110 01111101 1110101 11110101 0111100 111011 1111101 1111101 01010101 10010100 11101100 10011101 01110100 11111111 11010101 10011101 0001010 11010111 011111 01011101 11100101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 62
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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