Stille Plätze by Anton Wildgans: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Stille Plätze that begins with:

Die Plätze lieb' ich, die an Nachmittagen
So wunderstill in tiefem Schatten liegen -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,13,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111000 11000101010 11011111100 1111111110 1111110010 111101001010 1011010110 1101110100 11011011010 110011100 10100010 11101000 111011001 1111110111 1100111 110110101 110011000 1101100100 1101011100 1111001111 10110011010 11011110011 1100110 111110101 111101111 11111110 1101110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 364
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word und is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Stille Plätze;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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