This is an analysis of the poem Was Ich Mir Gerne Vorstelle...? that begins with:

. . . Einen kühlen morgen am See. Die jungfräuliche
Sonne badet sich in dem flüssigen Silber. Ein Licht-...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXXXbaXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10110111100 110101101011 11111101101 101011011010100 101110100011 11011010111 10111100101111 1001 11011101100 111011010111 1001000110101 10100 111110 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 634
  • Average number of words per stanza: 99
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; die is repeated.

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