This is an analysis of the poem Dichters Klagelied Über Das Junge Deutschland that begins with:

Da droben auf jenem Berge,
Da steht ich tausendmal...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XbXX XaXa XcXc XXXX XbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101 111100 1101100 11101111 1101000 111001111 11110000 1111011 1101110 11111 111111110 11111101 11011100 1011011 1111100 1111011 11011000 11101 111000 1101110 10011110 101111 101110 1101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; und, ber are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word da is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase hinaus connects the lines.

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  • summary of Dichters Klagelied Über Das Junge Deutschland;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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