This is an analysis of the poem Hermann And Dorothea - I. Kalliope that begins with:

FATE AND SYMPATHY.
'NE'ER have I seen the market and streets so thoroughly empty!...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a aabcdeXfagdXghgefXXXfifajXkeldX kflXfX cXcklX kfaeceX jceXfkkm cgifkX dngfelXckeljXlcejgeikjgjlbdajeliaaXiX eaXkjfaXeeackldmljeekgkeXecjjljjkcjljfkXgeigfkiXl kcmcXafljlbXdXigljfklcg kliikelieaX XejX ggeejagedjjiXlhamXkdlX eXn
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,31,6,6,7,8,6,37,49,23,11,4,22,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100 1011101011110010 110100111110010 1011011010011011 101101001110110 1001011011010011 1001111001010010 1110010011010010 1111110110111011 10110010010111110 101111101010011 100111011010010 10010101010110 1101101111110 1001110110011011 10100101110010 110100111110010 101101011010010 11100101011010 011001110010010 100101001010100 1011001001010010 10111001110010 1011110110011110 1001101110110110 110101101110110 101001001110110 1111011011010110 01011111011110 1110110010010110 100101011010010 1110000111111010 1010111011110 11100111010110 1001001110011010 1111011111101000 1111010101110110 111110101011010 101001111010010 111001011011111 111011111110110 1110010010010010 1111010110110110 1001101010011011 10101010010010 11101011010010 111001111011110 10010101110010 1011101010110 101011001010110 1010011010010010 1111100010011010 10010110011110010 110101101001010 101010010110010 101100101010010 100111010011010 101001101111110 1001001111001010 1101001010011010 10010011010110010 1001001001001010 111010001010010 101001101011110 111011001111110 1001001010110010 101110101010011 1001011110010010 10010010010010010 100111110010010 11101111010110 111001011011110 10110101010010 1011001010110010 101101011010011 1001001101010010 10011010110001110 1110110011010011 10101010110010 10100101111010 110100111010010 1001001001010110 00011101010010 111011001010010 11101101010001 100101110110010 1110110111010010 11110011010010011 01101011010010 11110111101010010 1001101011110011 1010010010010010 101110011010110 1111010011110010 10010010110010010 1101011111111010 1001001110110010 10111010110110110 10010111010110010 11001110101100100 100101010011010 1111111110010011 10100100101010010 1101011011011010 111001010110010 100101101011010 100110101010010 101111011010010 11101101111010 11011010010010010 10100111010010 10010110010110011 1001001110110010 1101001011110010 1001101101010010 10010010011010010 11101111110110 1101001110010110 1010010110010010 1001011011010010 100101111010010 110100101010110 110111001000110 1111011111011010 1100101001010110 10100101000010110 1011110010100100 1011001001010110 1011101001010010 1011010010010010 11010101010010 101001011110010 111001110110010 11010101110110 1010010010011010 10100111110110 10111010010110010 111001110011010 10010011010010011 10110110010011000 10011010110110010 10101111010010 111010110010010 101001010011010 1010110111010010 10100111110010 101001110011010 1110011101101 1111101110011110 101101110110010 101101111011010 101010010010011 1011010110010110 11010010111010110 11010010010100100 10011010010110000 10100111110110 111101011010001 11111001010110 11111001011010 111100101010110 1011011011111011 1011011011111011 101101110010110 0001111001011010 111101010010010 10011101010010 10110101011010 011010010010111 101101001010010 100111011010110 10010010010011010 101011001010110 10101001111010 101011010011010 1001001010011010 1101111110010011 1110010011110011 111011001110010 01101001110010 1111010011101010 11010110010110010 011001111010010 10010010010110110 0101010110111000 10010010010010010 1001001110110010 001011110110010 1101101110111000 101001011011110 1111001001010011 111101011110010 1101001010110110 1111001011010010 000110101010110 10110101010110 1110110110110010 110111011110010 100010111110111 11110101010010 1011101100010010 101011001011100 11110111111010 111010011010011 1011001101110010 01000010011010010 11110011011011110 110111010111110 10110111010010010 111001110010010 10100111010110 1111110010010010 10101111010010 10010111010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 949
  • Average number of words per stanza: 169
  • Amount of lines: 214
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, how, he, with, must, their, of, for, as, we, in, i, them, us, that, by, we're, guarded, so are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words always, he, some, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word then at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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