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

Hohenburg
The house is empty. Fall in the room....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXb XaX Xbb XcX c X XXX XXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,3,3,3,1,1,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100 010101001 0111 10110100101 010111001010110 01001001 100101101100 1110 011010100101 01010010001 101010010 1011100110 011101010010011 01011010 1100 1110111010 10010 11100111101 10101110110 111011 11100111110 1110 11101111001011 11100010100 1010110110 1011101110010 111110011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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