This is an analysis of the poem Vision that begins with:

1.
Das Weib trat in des Mannes Traum und sprach:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXAXXXXXXXXX XXXXbcXb XdXXcXXXcXXXXcc eXXXefffeXdXXeXX XAXXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,8,15,16,5,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 111011111 1101111 1110101111 1101111 11011111 1101011010 11101011 110010010 11011111101 11011101 010011001 1011111111100 110011001 101110011 11111111100 1011110111 111111101 11011100 101111111 111111110 1110101 111101010 111111 11101111 1100110110 11111111 1111101000 111101001 11011110 1101101100 1101011100 11111011110 11111111 1101001110 110110111 101101001 101111101 111100100 11111111 101100111 1111100111101 11110101001 10111111 1101101111001 110100001 1111010 111111010 111111 10100101100 111110110 10111111011 1101111 11101011111 111110 111111100 1 11101111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 370
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines haar is repeated).

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

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