This is an analysis of the poem Der Freischutz that begins with:

AIR - 'Der Pabst lebt,'
WIE gehts, my frendts-if you'll allow- ...

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaabb XXcc aadd XefX cccc XfbX XcXa ddeX XXXf ccXX bbXc aXeX XXcX XXdX ggXX ddhh XXXX XXXb ccXb aaXX aaXX iiXX bbjX ddXX jjdX eXXX XXXX XXaX cXkk kXhX XXXX h XXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 11110101 11111011 11010111 11010101 100100101 11110101 110110101 1111111101 11111101 11011101 0111111 101110101 11111101 101010001 11111101 11110100 1110100111 11011001 111100111 11011111 11101110 11110111 11111101 0111111101 11011101 11101101 11111111 11010111 1111011 110101001 1111011111 11111100 11100111 11111110 110101111 11010001 11111101 11010111 11111110 11011110 11110111 00111101 110101110 11111111 11111101 01111111 11111101 10110111 110111110 11110101 110010101 1111111 10010100 11010111 10010111 01011100 11111101101 01111001 11010101 11011101 11010111 11111111 110101011 11011101 11111111 1110001010 1101111 11110111 111100101 01001011 011011101 1100111001 110111001 1111110101 110100101 11011101 10010111 111100111000 1101111111 1001111101 11011001 1111101 01111101 11010100 11001011 110101011 110011101 01010111 1101111 11010101 11011111 010110101 1110011 01111111 111111001 11100100 11110111 11111101 11010111 11111011 1101011101 10111111 110010101 11110001 011101001 1111011110 11011101 11111101 1111111101 1110100 11010010 1111110101 110101001 111111100 110110111 11110111 011000101 11010100 1111110111 11100100 110111001 11010101 11010110 11111100 10 11111100 11011101 1100010000100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 33
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 129
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; you, und, ', de, in, all, dey are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is 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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