This is an analysis of the poem Das Wiedersehen that begins with:

Du heimatliches Tal,
Mir wird so wohl und wehe,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX aXaX bXbX cXcX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010001 111111 111110 100100 10111 11110 10011 1101000 11101 111010 111101 111010 111101 1111110 101100 1110000 111101 1111010 10111 1111010 111110 110111110 111110 1101010 111111 1110110 110111 1001100 1111011 111100 111101 111111 111101 111110 111011 110100 111100 1111000 11111 10010110 110110 111111 111110 111001 11111 11111 110100 110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.

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  • summary of Das Wiedersehen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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