This is an analysis of the poem Breitmann Am Rhein - Cologne. that begins with:

HOW wunderschon das Vaterland
In audumn-life abbears; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXbbb cbdbedXd XXXXbcXc fgaXXhXf ihcXXcXX jdXdXbdb XgXgfXXg bXfgXXXX beXeXXbX bdXdXjjj XXjXXXce XibXhcjX XbXbdaXX XXXXabgb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001100 010110 11011101 111101 1111111111 110101 11010101 110111 11111101 110111 111100101 1101001 01010001 110101 11110101 1101001 11010101 111111 11100101 110111 11111111 110101 11011100 110111 11111111 111101 11010100 110101 10010100 111101 11111100 111111 1100010 110101 11011101 010111 11111110 110111 111110100 110101 11000111 011101 1101010 111101 11010101 111110 11010101 111101 110110000 010111 110100110 010111 11111101 111110 111011010 111101 1110011 110100 11011101 111101 01111110 101101 11110100 0010111 11011101 111101 11011101 011001 11011101 1101000 11110101 111111 01010101 111101 11000100 1111001 101010100 111101 110111111 110110 111100110 110111 11110001 111101 11010111 111101 01111111 101111 01011101 110111 110010001 1011111 11111101 110111 01010101 111010 11010110 011101 111010000 1101111 11011101 111101 10011100 110100 1101100 111101 01010100 010101 0111110100 110001 11010101 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 112
  • 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; und, de, to, dey, he, it, find are repeated.

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

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