This is an analysis of the poem New Spring (1831) that begins with:

Leise zieht dwch mem Gemiit
Soft, aloft, the bells do ring,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abab caca X dede XXXe X Xcfc gheh X Xbib bjgj fehe X khah agag bbeb X ilXlXckik
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,1,4,4,1,4,4,1,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,1,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 1010111 1001111 11111001 101111 00101010 111010 1110101 111010 1110 0101010111 0111000100 0111111111 1100010100 1111110110 1101011100 1101010100 1101111101 11101010 10111010 0010101 10101110 101010111 101101010 10111010 01111010 11101110 111101 111111 01110111 0111111 0111111 1101011 11011101 0101110 0111111 1111110 111101 1101010 011111 1111100 10100011 1110101 10101010 1111101 10101010 1110111 10101110 1011111 10101011 1111111 10111010 1011111 110110 0101010 110101 1101110 011101 1100110 110111 1111110 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of New Spring (1831);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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