This is an analysis of the poem Vorfrühling 1917 that begins with:

Noch ist die Erde kahl und kühl
Und muß der Blütenpracht entraten,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXaX XXXX XXXX XXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111 11110100 110110 1101010 011111 111001110 0101111 111111010 11110100 111111 1101101 1111110110 11010101 101101110 11010111 111111110 1011111 110101100 11010001 10111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

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