This is an analysis of the poem Kaspar Hauser's Song that begins with:

He truly loved the purple sun, descending from the hills,
The ways through the woods, the singing blackbird...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc XXXc Xdc aXX Xda caXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,3,3,3,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010101010001 0110101010 10101 110100011001 1011000 101011001 1101 10001100100010 00100011001 1101010 111101001 00110111011 101001101 0111011110001 00100101 110110010 111101101 110111110 1001011001011 10101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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; his, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Kaspar Hauser's Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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