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

THE BURGHERS.
THUS did the prudent son escape from the hot conversation,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcdefgdhhhefdgigjdjddbkejdXfcbkgedbgjjfdjX ejbcfXeajbfkcX cabeaccfX ddccjbljjeeXdbhdibhadXjXddakgchXkXgaleaaegXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,43,14,9,44,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010 100101010011010 1010010010111100 101001110110110 101111101110010 1111001010110 110010011010011 011110010010010 111110111010010 10110011001110110 101011001011011 1001111011110011 1111010010010010 1110011110010010 110101111010010 1001011010010110 10111011111111 101110110010110 10111010010010 1110110011010110 101101010011010 1101001001011010 1111011110111010 11110110110110110 1110110110011110 11111111010110 10110111011110 1111011011111011 101101001110011 11111101101100100 11110010010010010 11010010010010010 010001011010110 11010110000011010 1011010010010110 11011011010010010 1011010110011010 10010010010110010 1111010111110010 111101101110011 11110011011010111 11011110010110010 10111011111110101 111011011010011 110101010010010 1011101010110111 1001101001110010 11101011010110 111011011110001 10110111111110 111101010010010 1101011010010110 011001110110010 11111101011010 10110011010010110 1111001111010010 10111100110100110 111111110110100 1110010110011010 101101110010010 100111010011010 100111101010010 101001010110110 10011111010110 1110100010110010 11111001010111 111110110010010 10011010010110110 111010010011110 11010010010111110 1110001011110010 1011001010101111 10011010010101110 1010101001010110 1011011111011010 1111001111110010 1001010010010110 11111011110100100 1111001101100010 11010010110110010 101010011011010 101101110011110 101001111011010 11010010110110011 1010010010110010 11010010110110110 11010010111011010 1110110010110110 101111111111010 11100111111010 101111001110011 1010110011100010 1001001010010010 1010010010110110 10101011011010 1001011010011010 10110110010010010 101010010010110 101011010011011 1011110110010110 1001111010011010 111101111010110 110111010011010 1101011001110010 1101001111110010 11110101011010 110100100110010 1001001101010110 111011010011010 101001011010100 11111111101011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1389
  • Average number of words per stanza: 253
  • Amount of lines: 111
  • Average number of symbols per line: 62 (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; of, where, and, well, them, each, one, he, at, my, to, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, long are 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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