This is an analysis of the poem Junges Volk that begins with:

Sterne zittern schon in Zweigen,
Kleiner Bach blinkt abendlich...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XaXXX XXXXXXXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 1011100 101000 10011111 11110010 101110 101011 1001010 1010101 10010000 110 111010 1111100 1001000 10011111 11101010 101110 101011 1001010 1010101 10010000
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Junges Volk;
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