This is an analysis of the poem The Neckar that begins with:

My heart awakened to life in your valleys,
Your waves played around me....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcd beXf cXXa aXac geda cgdX aaaa aXga bfXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010010110 111011 110011111 100110111 11101001 01101010 11011110010 101011010010 100110101 1100111101 001001011 001011010 011011100111 11001001001 0101000101 01011110 1011101110101 01100100011 11110111 001001010 01001100111 111011001 11100110100 10010111 1011110101 0101011011 111101010 0100110001 1010001010101 1001110111 101111011 0101110 01111100100011 0110110111 101100010 00101111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; from, to, of, and are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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