This is an analysis of the poem Die Tränen that begins with:

Tränen, euch, ihr trauten, lieben,
Bring ich diesen Dankgesang!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXXX XXXb XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXb XcXc adXd 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: 1111010 1110100 11111000 111111 1011001 1101101 1011001 1111101 1111101 111100 1111111 111001 11101000 1101100 11111000 1110110 1111011 11111 111101 111100 111110110 1111110 1101110 101100 11111000 111111 11111000 1010101 11111100 011010 111110 10010 1111110 1111100 111110111110 110111 1111100 1010101 1111100 111111 111111 1110111 1010101 11111 1110100 1110100 1110111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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 is repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Die Tränen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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