This is an analysis of the poem Am Rhein. - No. Ii. that begins with:

AM Rhein! Acain am Rheine!
In boat oopon der Rhein! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXbX XXbaXccc XdXdcXXX eeXcXfXf caXXgXXh adXdXXXg XaXXcXXh aXXXXaXX aXXXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011 011011 0101110 110000 111101000 110011 1101010 111101 111101 111100 10011010 1110101 11111010 111111 1111110 111101 11000101 010111 0100010 111101 1100110 010110 011111011 110100 0101011 010101 0111010 1100101 0110010 111101 0101011 1000101 1110110 110011 111001100 101100 1101011 011111 0111010 011111 1110110 110111 1101010 101101 1111010 111011 01110100 111101 1101110 110111 1111100 110110 1011010 111101 1101101 010101 111010 11110101 11100101 111001 11010011 110011 1111011111 101110 1101010 111001 1101100 11011111 11001100 110011 11010100 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; und, de, o are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words und, de, ash, o are repeated.

    The author used the same words und, o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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