This is an analysis of the poem Wenn Der Vogel Singen Will that begins with:

Wenn der Vogel singen will,
Sucht er einen Ast,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXcXcaXXdedXdXXeceXccXXbXXbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110100 10101 111111 111 1111100 1111 11111 11111 1111101 11110 1101110 1111101 1010111 11111 11111111 111111 1101101 11111 0110111 10101 11111 11101 1110111 10111 1010101 11101 111101 1101 1111101 10111 111111 11011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 871
  • Average number of words per stanza: 164
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; und is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase sturm connects the lines.

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