This is an analysis of the poem Einsamer Abend that begins with:

Hohes Glück: aus Geisterquelle schlürfen,
Dem gemeinen Tag entsinken dürfen...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXa XXbXXb XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111001 110011001 1110011 101100111 111010011 1111111 10111111100 100011100 111010111 10110101 101110111 10111011 11011101 10110111 101010110 111001100 1101110 1111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; hler is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rfen, cheln, hler, nden are repeated).

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

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