This is an analysis of the poem Upper Austria that begins with:

We loved that Upper Austrian land;
And who, that knows, would love it less?... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccddcc eeaaffgg gghhaaiijj kkll hdhddbdb mmdd eekkddbbXgggffbb ggXXkkbbaaa nnffoebb dedekkppqqkkXX mmggeo hghgrrrree ffaannkkmm pspsddaX ahss eieiaa pappa aassaeeshh pdpXff cgmgmmsseeXshdhd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,8,10,4,8,4,16,11,8,14,6,10,10,8,4,6,5,10,6,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111101001 11111101 11010101 011101001 010101110 110101110 11010101 11110111 1111001010 011111110 111110011 01010101 11010101 01001101 11011101 01011001 11111101 11010101 11111101 11001101 11010111 11010101 010011101 10010101 01011111 10110101 11000101 11000101 110010101 01011101 11111001 01010101 11001101 100011101 01011101 01111111 11111101 110111101 01010101 101011100 11110101 11010101 11010111 01010111 1111111 10010101 11010101 11010101 11001111 01011101 11010101 110111001 01011101 11010101 11010101 111000111 11010101 01110111 11110101 010100100 10101111 110101 01010101 110101 100010101 01011011 0101011 110101001 11111101 01010101 01000101 11111101 01110101 01010111 11110111 11010100 11000101 11110101 11010101 11101111 1001111 11111111 010111 11110111 01010101 11110011 11110111 11010101 11010100 01110001 0110101 11111101 01011101 11110111 010100101 11110101 01010101 11010101 01010100 11011111 010101 11010101 010101 11010001 00110001 11000101 01010111 11110101 11111101 11110101 01000101 11010101 01101101 10110111 01010101 11011101 110100101 11010101 01010101 110101001 110101 11011101 110111 11010101 01110101 110101001 011111 11010101 1101001 11011111 11011101 11010101 111111 10010101 011111 110011101 10010101 01011111 110101 01010101 01110101 010101 11011101 11011101 110101010 110101010 11010101 110011101 110100101 1101010 11011101 01010001 11011101 010111 01010101 100110 01100101 01011101 100111010 011111 010101001 010101 110101001 01010101 110110010 1100111010 11011001 11010101 111101010 11011101 11100101 101111 1100110011 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 298
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 175
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, in, to, their, of, or are repeated.

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

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

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

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