This is an analysis of the poem Johannes Ronge that begins with:

Silesian shepherd, blesed be
The sequel of that history... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccddeeffeeggeehheeababiiggjjiieeiikkaXabXigXkkggeeXiccaaabcXkkkkee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 68,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010100 01001100 11110101 10000111 11010101 11110111 010011101 11010101 11001101 11011001 1111010 10110001 01111101 01111001 10010101 01011101 10011111 11010101 1111011 101111001 11010101 00010100 11010101 11011100 11111111 0100001 11010111 11011101 11110101 11110111 11010101 01010111 11010011 1111101 01001001 01111111 11110101 1101011 11011110 1001010 11010110 11111100 11111101 110101001 11100101 11101010 11110101 11110011 01010011 11110101 0101101 11010101 11011101 01001011 11010101 11010101 01011111 11010101 10110100 11011100 01010101 11010110 11011101 1101011 11110101 11110111 11011101 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2313
  • Average number of words per stanza: 414
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, what are repeated.

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

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