This is an analysis of the poem Der Schmied (The Smith) that begins with:
Ich hör' meinen Schatz,
Den Hammer er schwinget, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXXXabXXXXX X XcXacXaXXbXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,1,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101 110010 110110 11011 11000 11011 11010 110110 11110 11110 110100 11011 01 11111 01011 11011 110100010 10101 1111 10110 1111 10111 01011 0111 111011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (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; das, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words das, die, that, the are repeated.
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- summary of Der Schmied (The Smith);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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