This is an analysis of the poem Es Sang Vor Langen Jahren that begins with:
Es sang vor langen Jahren
Wohl auch die Nachtigall; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaB XXbX BXaX XXbX XXab XXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111010 111100 11111 1110010 1111110 11110 110111 1011110 1110010 111100 110111 1011100 1111110 101110 111111 111100 1011100 111100 111101 1110010 111100 1011110 111111 111110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; und, da are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word da is repeated.
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