This is an analysis of the poem Ballad that begins with:
BY HANS BREITMANN.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aXXb XBaX XXXX bBXb cdXd XXbB XeXe XfXf cbbXXebcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110 1101010 110000 111111110 111001001 1111010 1101101 11111010 11111110100 111110010 1111011111 11100110 111111 1110010 1101101 1111010 111111001 110110010 11010101 1101010 110011111 11101010 111011001 1111010 1101101 1111111110 0111101 11110110 0100101 11111110 1111001 1111110 111111001 11111111110 110011 1110110101 111111110 11111111 110111 110110110 010111101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; mit, und are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words und, she are repeated.
The author used the same word 'dere at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Ballad;
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- history of its creation;
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