This is an analysis of the poem Besitz that begins with:

Dann, erst dann komm ich zum Weiher,
Der in stiller Mittel spiegelt, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111110 10101010 111011 10010100 1011000 111110 10101100 11111110 1010111 101111 11001100 111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 382
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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 Besitz;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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