This is an analysis of the poem Dornenlieder that begins with:

I.
FOR efery Rose dot ploome in spring, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XbXbcXcXbbdb XbXbeXXcfXfX X gXagXXbXbhiHi XXXXdXeghiHI XXgXdbdXhiHI
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,12,12,1,13,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1100111001 111101 110011111 111101 11111110 111010 11011101 011111 1100011 111101 10100101 111101 1001111 111101 11110101 01011 11011101 111110 1111110101 111111 1110101101 011100 110101101 111101 1 11110101 111011011 101011 1101 1110011 111011101 111111 1110101010 1110111 11101111111 111011110 1111111 111110 111101101 111001 11011111 1110111 1110110111 110111 01011011 111111 11101111111 111011110 1111111 111100 11010101 110111 11110101 01011 01011111101 111101 1110011111 1011111 11101111111 111011110 1111111 111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; la, tra, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words vot, mit, tra are repeated.

    The author used the same word von at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word le at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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