This is an analysis of the poem Vergeblicher Besuch that begins with:

Standst du noch nie vor eines Freundes Tür
Und hattest angeklopft und horchtest bang:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXa bXXbXXcXXccXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011110101 1101001101 1010111101 1101011011 1011111100 11101111 1100010001 11011111 111110101 10100111110 111101111 1110111011 10101101101 10111111111 0111111110 111111111100 1001100101 0101010101 110001 1110110101 1111010111 111101011 1111111110 1100111100 1011111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 529
  • Average number of words per stanza: 96
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • 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; und, dir are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Vergeblicher Besuch;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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