This is an analysis of the poem Wohin Ich Möchte...? that begins with:
. . . dem Schmetterling nach, der vor mir auf der
Strasse flattert und mich lockt und neckt — Seine Flügel...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100111111 11011111101 1101101010110 10 1111010101 1110011 1011 111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 278
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; und, wohin are repeated.
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