This is an analysis of the poem Die Schlacht Bei Seckenheim that begins with:

Bei Seckenheim im Felde liegt ein gewaltiger Leu,
Viel Rittersleut' in Waffen bewacht er scharf und treu;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb c X XX XX dd XXX X XeXX XXdX X XXX XX XX XXX X aXfX XXXX e XXc XX bX ddX X ffXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,1,2,2,2,3,1,4,4,1,3,2,2,3,1,4,4,1,3,2,2,3,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100111110001 1100010100111 011111110111 11111111111 110110101111 11010001010 11010111111 11101111111 1111010110100 110111011101 1101010110101 1111111101 1100010111101 1101010110110 1101100111011 11110101101000 111110110100 1111000111101 111111111110 1111011111000 11111011101 11111110111 1111110111101 111010111110 1011010111101 011101111101 110101111110 110101111111110 1101110111101 101111001011 110111111110 110010111111 1111110111001 1111111111100 111111101101 0111110100111 110111110111 1111010110110 111101011111 1101011011110 111110111101 11011001111110 111011111101 1011110110111 01111101110011 1111010110100 111110111101 111110111111 111110110110 11011011011 1111101101 11010010111110 1111111111001 1111110010110101 11011111101 110101111101 1111110110101 11110101111111 111111100111111 1111111111111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 25
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • 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, ich, mit are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word denn is repeated.

    The author used the same word denn 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 ngt is repeated).

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  • summary of Die Schlacht Bei Seckenheim;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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