This is an analysis of the poem Breitmann In La Sorbonne that begins with:
DER Breitmann sits in la Sorbonne,
A note-pook in his hand, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbcaXa XadXXeXe X baXafaXa XbgbfdfX XbdXXXXX gaXaaXdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,1,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 011001 1111010 1011001 11111100 111111 11110100 111111 1101101 111101 110011111 011010 11010110 110011 11010011 111101 10 10101101 110101 1101110 111101 11010101 1011101 11010110 1111011 11110011 1101001 111101101 11111101 11011101 011000 1111111101 0100 11111000 11111101 11001010111 01110101 11011000 11110100 1110111 1110110 11110111 111101 1111010101 1111011 11001111 110101 11110011 1011011
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; in, or are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words der, he, ni are repeated.
The author used the same word der at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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