This is an analysis of the poem Sankt Othmar that begins with:
An meinem Garten ragt ein Gotteshaus uralt
Mit grauen Mauern auf in gotischer Gestalt....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XX aX XX bb XX XX Xa X XX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,2,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101110010 111111010010 1111111111 111101110100 110110110111 11010111101 111000100111 11010111101 11101110100 110111110111 11111010101 110011101100 11011111110 11111110011 1111111011111001110010 1110111111111 111111110111 111010111110110011111110
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; der, die, und are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word die is repeated.
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- summary of Sankt Othmar;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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