This is an analysis of the poem Forsaken. (From The German) that begins with:
Something the heart must have to cherish,
Must love and joy and sorrow learn, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef Xgdg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100111010 11111101 100101110 10010101 100111010 10110101 100101110 10010100 011101110 11110100 111111010 11110101 100101110 11110101 010111110 01010111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word until is repeated.
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