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

Aus dem Mist, den er durchsuchen mußte
Nach Abfällen von Kupfer und Zinn...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXXX XcXXdc XaXXXa XbbXb XXdXXX XcXX cXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,5,6,4,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101001 11011011 01101010 101111111 1110111101010 10011101 110011 10111101 11110110 1110 11011 1101011 110011110 11000111001 1111110100 1111101111 111110011 1011101 1100111 11111111 01101111 11111101 11101101 11011110 111011011 1100101001 0111101 11101101 1111111101 1110011000 1100101011 111 1011010101 110110111 1111111100 10101110 1111101 011111010 110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; der, die are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ein, der, nach are repeated.

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

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

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

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