This is an analysis of the poem Mondestrunken that begins with:

Den Wein, den man mit Augen trinkt,
Gießt Nachts der Mond in Wogen nieder,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAXX XXXA XXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111101 111101010 111010 110100 11011 10011110 1111111101 111101010 11011101 10111101 100101001 111101110 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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