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

Einmal freilich war sein Leben reicher,
Aber dieses rührt nur mehr vom weiten:...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111010 1010111110 1110010110 11110 10111110 10011111 11010 111110101 101010100 1010011 1111000101 11110011 11101111 101011110 11100100 11111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; in is repeated.

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

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