Widmung by Eduard Duller: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Widmung that begins with:

In diesen neuen Zeiten blüht manch ein alter Stamm,
Geschmückt statt goldner Früchte mit Ehren wundersam,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX a XXX bb XX aXa X XXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 010110111101 1110111110100 110110111101 1111010110110 111111011100 1011100111111 1111110101110 1111010111110 111100111101 0110010110010 111010110111 11110010010 110111111101 11011111101 11011011111 111110101100 11111011110101 1101100111110 101111011111 111111011110 11011011111 10111110101 1111010101111 010110111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (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; und, zwei, die are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Widmung;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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