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

Kommt herein ihr edlen Herrn und Frauen!
Alles mögliche ist hier zu schauen. -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX XXaXXXXX XXbXXXXXXXXX XXaa bXbXaXXXXXXXbXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,8,12,4,19,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110111 1111011 110111010 110100101 111001010 1111111010010 110100000 1111110011000 11111111010 110111001 11010100 1101111110 101001000 11010111010 1111000010 11010000100 111111110 101111110 10011110 11111110110 110110010100 1111110100 1111101 11111111100 101011001010 11110011001 111101111001 101011010 110100101 100011010 10011010 10111010 101100 111001100 1100110110 110011100 11110100 110111110 11111110 1111101110 11111110100 1101111 111101111 1111011111111 110111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 336
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; und, das are repeated.

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

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

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

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