This is an analysis of the poem A German Legend that begins with:

Round thy steep castle walls,
Who seeks thy love must ride,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgfgfhihi jkjkfbfblXlcgkgkbgbgkbkbXhghgikikkfkffbfbhbhb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,45,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 111111 10110101 1101 110111 1111 101111 110101 1011110 10011 1111110 110011 111101 111111 111111 1101 111111 1111 010101 1011 100111 111011 111111 101001 101101 1101 011101 1111 100101 11110 110101 1001 111101 1101 101111 110101 1101001 0111 111111 1111 111101 111101 01011011 111111 101101 1101 011001 1001 1011011 110101 11010101 111111 11011101 110101 11011001 110101 110101 110101 111101 011101 100101 1101 100101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 538
  • Average number of words per stanza: 104
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; lightly, now, his, my are repeated.

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

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  • summary of A German Legend;
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