This is an analysis of the poem Kleine Aster that begins with:

Ein ersoffener Bierfahrer wurde auf den Tisch gestemmt.
Irgendeiner hatte ihm eine dunkelhellila Aster...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXaXXXXXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11000100111110 10001111000010 101110 111111 1011 111101010 1110100 111111001011111 01100010 111111011 10110 111 1110101 11 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 439
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

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

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