This is an analysis of the poem Beim Winde that begins with:

Es träumen die Wolken,
die Sterne, der Mond,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110 1111 1111 11011 11110110 1101 11001 11010 11001 11000 110000 10100 11010 1001 111111110 11010 11100 1101 10011 110110 10110 1111 11001 100110 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; die is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words die, zum are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines usel, ume are repeated).

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  • summary of Beim Winde;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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