This is an analysis of the poem Wie Ulfru Fischt that begins with:

Die Angel zuckt, die Rute bebt,
Doch leicht fährt sie heraus....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXaaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111 11111110 11000101 110101 11011101 1110101 01110110 11111101111 111101 110010 11010100 010101 10010110 110110101 111111111 1011011 1111001 11011111 110110 11011110 111101101 1111101 11010101 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Wie Ulfru Fischt;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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