This is an analysis of the poem Der Ochse that begins with:
Dich lieb ich, frommes Tier! Dein sanftes Bild
Strömt Kraft und Ruhe meinem Herzen ein....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbX abXa XXX cXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111011101 111110101 110110111 101101010 1101111011 1001010111 11110101111 1101111111 110110111 1101110011 11101110 101101011 1011110111 10101011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Der Ochse;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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