This is an analysis of the poem Widmung An Die Wiener Philharmoniker that begins with:

Euch liebt die Heimat und euch ehrt die Welt!
Wann immer wir des Besten uns besinnen,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX abaX bXbX cXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011111 11011101100 1111010101 111101111100 111111011 1111101110 11111011 11001101010 111101101 11110101100 1101011111 11010100100 111110011 0111010110 111001101 1110111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word ihr at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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