This is an analysis of the poem Breitmann In Maryland that begins with:

DER BREITMANN mit his gompany
Rode out in Marylandt. ...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXbXCX daXaXebXCX XfXfdbXbCX XgbghXbXCX diXXeiXXCX eXbXXXXXCX eiaihbXBCB XeaXXdXdCcd gedeXXaXCXX aaXXXaXaCcXaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,11,11,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110100 110100 10101011 111111 01011100 01011111 10111101 111011 11100 111011 11010101 111101 11001100 1100101 1101110 111001 110100111 111011 11100 111011 11000101 110101 1111111 1100111 01110011 11101101 00110001 11101101 11100 110101 10000000 1101001 11111101 111111 10110111 101111 01110101 110101 11100 110101 11001101 110111 110011101 111101 10111111 110111 11111101 11110101 11100 110101 1100111001 010111 11110101 1100101 11111101 111101 11000101 11010 11100 11010 11010111 100111 11110111 110101 11110101 10100111 11110100 110101 11100 110101 110101010 100101 11011101 010100 01001111 010111 11110101 101101 11100 01000100 011101 11111101 111001 01010100 110101 10010101 110101 11110101 010101 11100 0100100 010101 11011101 110111 01010001 010011 11111100 011101 11111100 111101 11100 01000100 100100 010101 01011000 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 318
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 106
  • 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:

    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; repel, und, of, dey, de, ropp, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it's, und are repeated.

    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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