This is an analysis of the poem Stimme Aus Einem Grabe Der Via Appia that begins with:

Ich, der dir ruft, vor abertausend Jahren
Lebte auch ich und ließ mir Lust behagen....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11111100010 1111111100 101111100 1111000110 1110111100100 1111111100 1111110000 111100111100 1111101010 111111100 1011011010 0101001010 111010111 110110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ich, nie are repeated.

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