This is an analysis of the poem Die Wallfahrtskirche that begins with:

Wie eine Arche fremder Düfte steht
Das Heiligtum auf schroffer Felserhebung,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111011 11001101000 10011110 1111001100 110111011 11010101000 1101100101 1001010100 101110100 11111110 1111001101 1111110111010 101100111 101011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Die Wallfahrtskirche;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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