This is an analysis of the poem The Shepherd's Sabbath Song that begins with:
Schäfers Sonntagslied
Ich bin so hold den sanften Tagen,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XXXabXXXabXXXC X bbccddccccC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,1,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100 111111010 111111 11101101 111001 11111 1001110 1111001 1101100 11001111 110111 0111110 1111011 111111 000101 010101 00111101 11110111 101101 101101 111101101 010010111 010101 011101 11110001 011100011 000101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; und is repeated.
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- summary of The Shepherd's Sabbath Song;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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