This is an analysis of the poem Die Insel Bachi. that begins with:

Als ich das neu weltbuch durchlase
Wie vil insel durchfaren wase ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXXXXXXXXXXbXXXccdXd XXeeXXXbXaXXXXfXXXXccdXX gXddXXXfXgXXgXdXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,24,24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111010 11101001 11101100 1011011 1 111100100 11011110 1111110 011100 1111101 1 11101010 11011100 11010011 11111 010111110 1 1110111 10110101 1110101111 11110001 1110011 1 1111111 110111010 11100010 11101011 11100101 1 110110100 010101110 11101110 110011000 01110101 1 11010100 11011110 11110111010 11110111 1011110 1 101001110 11101110 10101011 1110011 1011111 1 11001100 111110110 101110110 1110111 111111 1 110101010 11110010110 1111011101 11101100 11111111 1 11101101 111101110 11011100 1101101 11011110 1 11010100 101110100 1110011110 1101011110 101011110 1 111111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 705
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • 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.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words die, mit are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rzen is repeated).

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