This is an analysis of the poem Fritzerl Schnall that begins with:

ASH on de Alapama biz,
Deep sinnin long I sat, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcdXd XeXeafXf XXXbXXXX XXgbhXdg aeXXhcXc XXaXXXhX XXXXhgiX XgXXhXXX XdXddebX XiXXfXXX XXXdhfXX f XjfjXeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,1,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010001 110111 1111110 1100101 111111001 110101 1101100 110001 1101100 110101 01010000 1100101 1101110 111101 11011001 111100 1111110 110101 11111101 111101 1100110 1010101 1001010 111101 1011110 111110 1101010 1100001 0101110 010101 011011 1100101 10110010 1011101 1101110 110100 111111010 010101 111001100 110011 1110110 111100 1111010 1001111 11001110 110111 11011110 1100110 1111000 111111 1110010 111001 01101110 111111 1111011 110101 1110110 111101 11110100 1110001 1101110 110101 11010110 111111 1111110 111111 1010110 110101 11100111 111011 1101010 110100 10001110 111011 1111110 111111 1001010 110011 1100101 100101 1111110 11111110 111000100 111111 01101110 1111101 11111110 011111 10 10110 111101 00110011 111101 1101100 11111 111111 11011
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 97
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, ', you are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words but, 'nein at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    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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