Das Schloß Boncourt by Adelbert Von Chamisso: poem analysis

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

Ich träum' als Kind mich zurücke
Und schüttle mein greises Haupt;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XaXX XbXb XXXX XXXX XaXX aXXX XcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 111111 111101 11111110 11110010 11110100 1100110 1111110 110111 111100 1111011 11110100 1111010 1111110 111101 1101010 1011101 1101100 111101 1111110 1110010 11010110 111101 11111010 111011 11011101 1111011 11111100 111111 11011010 111111 11110110 111111 11001110 1100011 11011100 1101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; die is repeated.

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

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