This is an analysis of the poem Im Grünen Zu Singen that begins with:

War der Himmel trüb und schwer,
Waren einsam wir so sehr, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXXXXXbXXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1110111 1010111 10001000 1011111 11110 1111100 11111111 1101000 10111010 1111101 1111110 1110111100 10101100 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 418
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; und is repeated.

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  • summary of Im Grünen Zu Singen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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