This is an analysis of the poem In Der Fremde that begins with:

Schon bin ich müd zu reisen,
Wär's doch damit am Rand,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbbaXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110 111011 111110 101110 110111 111111 1111010 110011 1101010 110011 1111110 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 319
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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  • summary of In Der Fremde;
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