This is an analysis of the poem Die Feinde In Der Pfalz that begins with:

O Markgraf Karl von Baden! O Graf von Würtemberg!
Was schließt ihr feste Bünde zu einem kühnen Werk!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXb X Xcc Xd XX eeX f XXXX XfXX X aXX Xg XX XhX X XXbX hhXi X XdX bX ii ggX g XXii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,3,2,2,3,1,4,4,1,3,2,2,3,1,4,4,1,3,2,2,3,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111011110 1111111011 111100110101 111110111111 110110110111 110111111111 111110111101 1101101111 01111010001 11110100101 01100011111 110111110111110 1101100111001 11010111011 1111111111111 110100011111 11111111101 111010111101 111110010110 111101101100 111100110111 1111010110111 111111101110 111110110101 11110001110110 11010110111 11111111100 111111100010 1111010110111 110101110011 1101110111100 1011101101000 111011011111111 1101000111101 110101100110 111111010111101 11111011100 111101011110 111100010111101 110101010110 1100110111011 111011111101 111111011100 111100010101111 110111010111 1111100111110 11110110111 11010111101 111100101111 1111000110101 111010110011 1100101111111 110111110110101 1110100111101 1111000101111111 111111011010 1101110111101 1111010110100 1111010111111 11110111110111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; der, du, wir, im, die, sie are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Die Feinde In Der Pfalz;
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