This is an analysis of the poem Weimar that begins with:

Endlich in Weimar. Ich wollte Goethen besuchen.
Doch sie sagten mir dort, Goethe, der wäre schon tot....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101110100 1111101111111 1111000000 11100001101 101111011110010 1111111111 1111101100110 11000001001001 1101110111101111 10011101010 10111101011100 101100111101 101011100111 1100011111001 111111101110100 1011111001111 1110110011011 10001101110 11111011110010 1011001101001 111100110001 111111101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1202
  • Average number of words per stanza: 203
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; der, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word war is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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