This is an analysis of the poem Sommernacht Am See that begins with:

Die Gespensterstunde säuselt
In den dunklen Bäumen mild....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XXXX bXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100010 0110101 11001100 1111101 1010111 111 1110001 10111 11111 1010111 100011 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; die is repeated.

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  • summary of Sommernacht Am See;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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