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

In roter Lohe brennt der Wald
Vom Herbste, der ihn angezündet,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXXa XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101111 1111100 1111011 1111110 11010111 111001000 111110 1101111101 1111001 1111110 11011111100 11110 11100100 111111100 111101010 11110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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 is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Kehraus;
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  • history of its creation;
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