This is an analysis of the poem I Want To Go With The One I Love that begins with:

[Original]
Ich will mit dem gehen, den ich liebe....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXXXa X bXXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,1,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100 10111110111 1011001110 1011001111 101101011 10111110111 010 110100111 1111010101 111101011000 11110110111 11010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ich, i, want, to, not are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ich, i are repeated.

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