This is an analysis of the poem Einem Jungen Richter Zur Beeidigung that begins with:

Du bist so jung - War nicht in deiner Hand,
Die vor dem Kreuze du erhobst zum Eid,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbb XcddXXa XXcXXcXXbX cXbXXXXXbbXXXaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,10,16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111110101 111101011 110110100 11111110 11111 0110011 01111 100101110 1101011101 110101101 1111111000 1110110100 011010111 1011011111 1111111010 11010111010 011101011100 1110111 111101111 1001011101 1110101110 11110111 11011000 111011111 1101110111 1111010101 01011011111 110111111 1111 11111001 111100110 1110001101 1011111 110101111101 110111111 1011111000 11010111 1110110101 1111110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 380
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; und, den are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words und, den are repeated.

    The author used the same word du at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines macht is repeated).

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