This is an analysis of the poem Der Pflaumenbaum (The Plum Tree, Translation) that begins with:
Im Hofe steht ein Pflaumenbaum,
Der ist so klein, man glaubt es kaum. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaaXXXX XbXb C cbbbDdbe cacf C gegeDdeeXcccf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,1,8,4,1,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111100 11111111 011101 111101 111111 1111101 111110 011101 11001111 101111 1011100 111111 011 00111011 01111010 0101010 1111110 010111 10101 111010 011101 11010011 0101010101 100011 111101 011 01100111 11110101 100101 111101 010111 110101 101101 111101 1101001 0111111 10011 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; er, it, no are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it, grow are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
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- summary of Der Pflaumenbaum (The Plum Tree, Translation);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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