This is an analysis of the poem Einer Braut that begins with:

Ein heimlich Wunder, über Nacht geschehn ...
Wo schlief es denn, eh´es so jung erwacht?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX XXX XaX XXa X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101110 1111101110 0101111000 111111110100 1101010100 110110011 111011101 11111101 11111111 11101100 111101101 1111110111 110111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; es, und are repeated.

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

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

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