This is an analysis of the poem Zu Der Edlen Yagd that begins with:

I remember some words my father said,
When I was an urchin vain ;—... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcaca Xbdbebeb fgfgfdfd hahaXeXe bgXXaXaX didifXfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1010111101 1111101 110100101 1110111 1111100111 0111011 0101101101 1011101 111100101 10101001 110100101 010111 10100110101 11101101 0110100111 10100101 10101101001 10110101 0100101101 1110101 1010010101 1110111 001010101 1100101 101011101 10101101 1111101101 00101111 1100100101 1101001 10101011000 1100101 111111101 1011111 111011110 1010110 11101100111 0111001 101110101 00100100 1111111101 111011110 1101111111 111111010 1101111011 111110011 111101011011 010010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 296
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; from, and, i are repeated.

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

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