This is an analysis of the poem Der Hufschmied that begins with:
Heute gab mir der Schmied am Ende des Dorfes zu denken,
Eben kam ich des Wegs, als einen Hengst er beschlug....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXX aXXaaXXXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXaXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,12,6,14,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111110110 1011111101010 101001110100 11111111110 0110001010110010 10111101111011 101101011000010 10110111011011 11111011110110110 111111111111 1111110110010010 11111011001 111111101101110 1111110101 11101111001010 1101110111 1011110011111010 11111000111101 101111011110110 111011111110 111101111101 11100110111 111101011110010 11111101101 11011011011110 1110001101110 11111111000010 111010101101 111011111001101 111101111010 1110110111111110 111100111111011 111111011110110010 11111111010 1110111101110 11001011111111 1000110010010010 1110011011010 1011011111101111 1110011111010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 583
- Average number of words per stanza: 100
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; der, die, und, des, sich are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word und is repeated.
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