This is an analysis of the poem Le Crepuscule Du Soir that begins with:

Der Abend, des Verbrechens Spießgeselle,
Schleicht leis' heran. Da schließt des Himmels Helle...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXXXX XXXXXaXb XXXXXXXaXX XXaXccdd Xb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,8,10,8,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101100100 1110111101 1111010010 110111110 1001011101 1011011101 1000111110 1001111100 101111101 1001111101 1010011101 10100110 10111110 11000101100 10111001100 100011010 11011111101 111110101 11111111110 101111101 11011111110 1111110010 10111101110 10110110010 1110101110 10111100010 11110101100 1101011110 0101111 1111101 11111101010 1101011111100 1001110101 11111101 1101111101010 1101011010 1101010110 11011100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; und is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Le Crepuscule Du Soir;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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