This is an analysis of the poem Obermann Once More that begins with:
Glion?--Ah, twenty years, it cuts
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd edeX XfXX gaga fbfb hihi dcdc jkjk lglg mfmf bgbg gfnf cgcg fcXc igig cmcm odod Xfmf lblb dfdf gigi fpfp mjmj kdkd mkmk Xccc mfmf qdqd XjmX mcmc cfcf akak ecec acac didi opop fdfd ifif caca abab fcfc mpmp kfkf ibib cfcf ffff mcXc rcrc abab mnmn
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1110001 110001 11011101 11101 11111101 010101 01011101 010101 11111111 110101 01011110 110101 01010111 010011 11101101 1101001 11011111 110111 010101001 011101 01010101 010101 11010101 111101 11110111 011101 10111111 1101001 11011111 010101 01010111 100101 11010001 010111 11010101 110011 11111001 100011 110011001 1101001 11010111 011101 11000101 111111 10110111 110101 11011111 111101 01110101 110101 110100010 111110 01000111 101111 01010101 1100101 11111101 110111 11110100 101111 11010111 111001 1001110011 010111 010101001 011001 11110111 110101 10011111 110111 11110001 101111 10110110 101101 1111000111 101101 111101001 111101 101001001 011101 10110101 110111 11110001 011011 11010101 011111 100010101 110101 11011111 110101 11010111 110111 11110101 110101 11001101 110101 10110101 010101 110101001 0101001 11011111 1101010 110011101 00100010 11010110 0010101 01010111 110111 11110101 010101 11010101 110101 11110101 010101 010011101 110101 11111110 110101 01010111 110011 110001001 011101 11011101 110101 11010101 110101 01010101 1001001 11011101 010111 11011101 110100 10011101 110101 11010101 010001 11010001 110001 11111101 010111 11110111 110101 111101101 1100101 11100101 110101 01111111 011101 11010101 101111 11110101 101101 11011111 111101 01010111 11111 11010001 110101 10010101 110101 110011111 101111 11111111 111101 11010101 011101 11011111 111101 11011111 110101 11010111 111101 11011111 0011001 11010101 0100111 11110101 010111 11010110 111101 110110101 011101 110011101 111101 100010111 111101 01110111 100101 11110101 111101 11011101 111101 11110101 111101 11010101 1100111 11111101 1101001 10111011 011101 1110110101 0101010 110111001 1110110 11010101 011111 01110101 010101 11100111 1101011 10011101 110101 10010101 10011000 110111111 1111110 11000101 101111 10110111 111111 110101001 100101 11111111 111101 11010101 110111 01010101 100101 11111111 110101 110101011 111111 11010111 111101 01111101 111101 11111101 111111 11111101 110111 110010011 010101 11111111 111101 11010101 010111 11100101 101110 10010011 101111 110011111 111101 1111001010 110101 110101110 110111 11110111 111101 01110101 111111 101111001 110101 01010111 111101 100011111 111111 01110111 111010 11011101 110101 01010001 110111 11110101 010101 10110101 111111 11111101 110101 11010101 110101 10111101 1011110 100101011 1101010 11010001 011101 10110111 111111 11111101 110110 110101001 1101001 11110101 101101 1000100101 0100101 11011101 110011 01011101 101111 111001110 110111 100101010 110101 11111001 111101 11110111 110111 10111101 110101 11111111 100111 100111010 011111 011101110 10001 10010011 110111 11011101 111101 11010101 110101 11010111 101110 01010101 110111 11100101 010101 11010101 1010111 00111101 010101 10110111 010001 11111011 010101 11010111 1010101 01000101 010101 10110001 0101001 1101001001 1010101 110010101 0101001 10010101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 87
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 348
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, in, its, to, her, she, still, slow, joy, i, thy, though, our are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, what, a, she, i are repeated.
The author used the same words and, 'and, 'the, 'she, 'no at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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