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

HERMANN.
THEN when into the room the well-built son made his entry,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbcXdefgX chXdbXiahjgcgaakhdkhllelXmghcbam mlfcfXlamnaXacjXXcodmahbbggejmaXmXjhldXd XbaolpldmgfkhbX cdacebaXch cflllXilchaggnaedcgdbcmclcgcdlnddcXgqcecmXlXdceahcX cbaaggljabbcbbldlllbdlqaflgfmlkadlmgcge ldlmoagdhomXbdlckfdmmmdloXcX XgdlXccXgXlgXXlaeX dl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,32,40,15,10,51,39,28,18,3,14,15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 11000101111010 1001010010011010 1010001011010010 0101001110010100 11110101011110 1111001011110111 11100111110010 1101110110110010 100100101110100 101100101010010 10110010111110001 0111111010010100 101101101010110 1010111111010110 101101010110011 111101101111011 1010011010010110 1010011111010010 111011110010010 1111101011011010 1111111010111010 10011010010010010 11010010011010010 10101101011010 1001110011011011 110111011010111 1010011110011010 10111101100010011 01111011110101010 111101001110010 11101101010010 1001011010011011 101001110010110 1011011001010110 101001011001101 101011001010110 1110010010110010 1000011001011110 1111011111110010 01010010010010010 11100101010001 11111001010110 100111011111110 1101001010011010 11110011011010010 111011001011010 1001101001011010 1110010011010110 1010110110111110 11110111110011 11110010110010010 10101011010010 0100111001110100 1110110100100010 1001010110010110 101101011110010 11111001010011 110100101101010010 110101101110010 101001011110010 1011011010011010 1001001101001010 1010010110110010 111101010010010 11111111010010 10100101110010 1001110011110010 100101110010010 11101110110011 11111011010010010 11110010010010010 01111100011010 1001001011111100 101001110010010 1111010110011110 1111110010010010 110111010111011 10111110010010 101111001110011 10110011010010111 1001111010010110 1110110010010010 100110111010110 1101001011011010 1110111010011 111010111010010 101011011100111 1011101011110010 111111000111010 111111011011011 101011101110010 1001101010010010 1111001110010110 0001001111110010 011010011110110 1011010010011110 100111110010010 100011011011010 111011011001110 101001111010010 101101011110011 1111001101010010 101100101010010 10010101110011 1001101011011110 10110110010110110 10010100010100010 111100111010010 110101011110110 11010010110110010 1110111010010110 111001001111011 100011011011011 1111010110010010 10010010110010010 10010011010010010 111001010111011 1001101011011010 101001110110110 1101111010010110 011011101111101 100111111010011 101001010011010 10011011111011010 110110101011010 11011011010111010 111110010110010 101110110110010 10110101010010 111011010010010 1101001111111110 1110010011111110 11111110011010 11110101010010 110111001011010 1001110111010010 100111011011010 10111011010111 11111010110110 1011111001111110 1010011010111110 111011110111111 11101101010011 110101001011010 11111111111011 11100101011010 11100111111010 100101001010110 1101111110110110 111110100011110 10011010010010110 11110101010010 111111110010111 1110110010011010 11011110110010010 1011011010100010 111001011100101 10101001010010 100101011010010 1111101011010010 1101001011010011 111101001010011 1111011011110110 11100111010110 10110011111010010 101011111011010 10010111110010 100111101010110 1111011110010010 10101010110010 10101001011010 1101001101110100 10010010010010110 101101010011010 1011010110110010 10111101010010 1010110010110010 1101001001011010 11011010010110010 11111001011011 1110110010011010 11101110011010 1010111010011010 101101110011010 1110011111010010 111101110011110 1110110110110110 011111010010101 1001001110110011 10010101101010 111010111010110 1110110010011010 101001001111010 101111111011010 110011111101110 111001111110011 101001001001010 101111101010010 01101101011010 1001011010010010 100100111010010 111111010111010 111110101011011 111001011011101 101001101010010 111101111010100 11011101111010 11111101111010 11101111111010 111110010111011 11010111011110110 111101011010110 1111010110010011 0110010111010111 111010111010010 1110010010010010 111110010010010 11101111010010 11101111010010 11101100111010110 10110010010101010 1001010110010010 10111010010011110 1110010100110100 100010100 1111011010111110 111001001110010 101011110010010 1110101101011010 111001101011110 10111001110110 010101111111010 10101010110010 1110101110100 1111001011110010 0110111010110111 101111111111100 1111111011011100 10100111110010 101001010111110 101100111010011 101111001111111 1011001011111010 1010110010111010 111110010010110010 10101111011010 11011101111110 1111001011110111 11010010010011110 110111010011010 100101101010011 1010111010011 1110110110111010 101001111011010 0110011010011010 111001001110010 11101111111111 1101100110110010 111101001001101 10101101011010 101101111010010 1011011111110010 1111001011111010 1110110011011010 111001101010010 1111001111010110 11010110110011111 0010111010010010 111001111010010 1010010110111100 1110110010110110 1001111001010011 1001011001010110 1001111101110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1316
  • Average number of words per stanza: 242
  • Amount of lines: 275
  • 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; his, and, i, to, of, with, her, your, in, my, as, you, me, all, for, too are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, who, if, many, you, over, i, still, all are repeated.

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase there connects the lines.

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