Poem Analysis of Das Mahl Auf Dem Heidelberger Schlosse by Eduard Duller for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Das Mahl Auf Dem Heidelberger Schlosse that begins with:

Zu Heidelberg im Schlosse sitzt froh im schönsten Saal
Der Pfälzer Kurfürst Friedrich beim stolzen Siegesmahl;...

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Rhyme scheme: XXaa X bXX XX XX aaX X XXXX XXXX c cbb XX XX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,3,2,2,3,1,4,4,1,3,2,2,
Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 11001111111 11110110100 11100101111011111 111110111011 110101011100 1100111111111 111111011111 1111101110010 11011011010 1111101111110 111110111101 1111000110100 1111001110110101 11111011111 11101011111111 1111111111010 111101011101 111010011110 11111011111 111111011011 11110111111 110111011110 11011110111110 110111011111 1101110111111 1111110110111 1111110111101 111101011111 111101011111 111101011111 110011011111 1111111110110
Amount of stanzas: 13
Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
Average number of words per stanza: 26
Amount of lines: 33
Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
Average number of words per line: 10
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; der, die, und are repeated.

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