This is an analysis of the poem Am See that begins with:

Sitz' ich im Gras am glatten See,
Beschleicht die Seele banges Weh,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXXCXX XXXXdXXd XXXXXXXX XXXeeeXX XXXbXCXX XXbXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 1011101 1100111 11000100 11010101 1100011 1101111 11001110 1111011 1101011 1101101 1111011 10010101 11000110 1110101 111111 11011101 010100101 11011111 11011101 1101111 11110111 11001110 11011101 1100111 11110101 1111100 11010001 01110111 11010101 1101111 1111100 1111010 11001100 1110110 1001101 11010101 1100011 1101111 11001110 11111101 11111101 11111111 1111101 11011110 11110101 1111111101 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 272
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; so, und are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word und is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Am See;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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