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

MOTHER AND SON.
THUS the men discoursed together; and meanwhile the mother...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcdefaagbXcfhijadababdgkgifglmbgfncmmjcbgXlbngggckcXcgkfXejgkbbb kbgckX bafacfcgbcffjfcbfbkfbjginklgbelfgcfXekcX bffbfoXcbdjXacX fgckgffgocfbmXgcXmkX bjcfjmfoX cckbgmhmbhfmfgcjXcbhgfmmfabbhblmnffjdfgggXbbngfakjakaehX gbbfgealgogbchaaX mbbjnicfanbfXokfgb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,64,6,40,15,20,9,56,17,25,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011 101100010111010 10100111010010 10101111010011 11111111010010 1001111001010010 111111111010011 101001011110010 1110101011011 101001101110010 10010111010010011 101001001111010 100100111010110 10010100101010011 101101001011010 101001001010110 0010110010011010 11010110010111011 11100101010010 11110101110010 101001101110010 101110101011010 111001010111011 10110101110010010 101010011011010 1011010010110110 101001110011010 101110001011011 110101101110010 10100101100110010 101011011010010 10100010010111010 101011010010110 10101001010110 1110010010010010 101011010010010 1011001110010011 1001011010110011 1011001110010010 110100111011010 111101110110110 10010010110011010 100101011110111 1101110010011110 00110101000010010 111101001011011 1011010111010010 11101111110011 100100110010011010 1111001101010010 11111101110110 1001101010010 110100101110011 100110111011110 1101101001110010 11100111010110 111101001010011 100110101010110 10101101110010 101011101011010 111101011010110 1011110110010110 10100101110010 1010111011010 111001111011010 10110010110011110 110101010110010 111101101010010 1001011110011110 1111011111011110 10010011100111100 101001010011110 101111111010010 1110011010010011 11110011010111010 110110111010110 11011111111110 11111111010010 11101010110010 10101001110010 10100101110010 1011100110101010 110100111110110 01010010110011010 1110010011010110 1010011010110010 1011111010111010 111101001110110 1001001001010010 101011111011110 111100111010010 1001011011011110 1011111010010010 0011011011010011 100111001010110 111011110110110 111011001111110 101001101010010 1001001001011010 1001111011010010 111101110111010 1011001010011010 101011110110110 10100111011010 111001110111010 10111111110110 1101010011010110 000111011010010 011101011111110 1111011010010110 011011110110110 1001001000110010 101010110010011 111111010110110 1110110010110110 111101011010110 001011110110111 1011111010110010 100111111110010 111011011111110 110101111010111 111111111111110 10101011011000 111110110110010 000111010010010 11111011010100 1001001111110110 010100111000011 10011010010010110 11100101110110 111011011011010 0111011110011010 11110110010110010 101011111110010 111110111010011 1110111010111010 11110111110011110 111101001011010 1101011011010110 10000110110001010 101011110110010 111001101111010 1111110110110110 10111111000110 1111010110110110 1001011010010100 11000111010010 111111001111010 111110110010011 1010110010011010 1010010110100111 11010110110010010 1111111111110010 1111011101010011 10110101101111 101110010110010 10011010010110010 10110101110110 101101101110110 1010110111110111 111001110111110 10010101110011 101010110010111 101101110010110 10110010011010011 10110010110010111 10111001010011 0111010011010110 1101011101111010 100101111110110 10101111010011 10111101010110 1110010010111110 11001011110010110 100101001110011 11010110010011010 11010010010110010 110111111010010 11100010010010010 1101001111111010 11010101011110 101110011010010 101100111011010 101011110100010 1010111011011110 101100111011010 11100111110011 101101010110110 11010111010010011 111010010110010 001101010011010 11010011110111011 1101101110010011 10111001011110010 111011101110011 1001001110110011 101101001111100 1001010010010010 111001001110010 10010010110010111 10111111011010 10010110110110111 1101011011011110 11111111111010 00110011100110011 1001111111010010 1101011011010110 011111111010010 1110101100110100 1011011110010111 111111001110010 111011010100010 100110101011100 11111011011011110 0001001101010110 10101110011010 111011111000010 1001011010001010 11010110110010110 11111111011010 10111111010011 1010110011110010 100001111110110 11100100100101010 111111011010111 1110010110010010 101110010111010 1011111111101000 101001001010010 1101011111010110 1101001010110010 1001001010011011 1111111011010110 01010101010010110 11101110011011011 1001101011010010 111001110010011 1101011110100100 111010010011010 1111001110010010 1011011011011010 0001001011010110 1010010111110110 111001010010010 1011011010010110 10011111010011110 1110010010001010 1101011010010010 1111001111010011 101111010110010 111001110011111 101001001110010 11010010010010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1573
  • Average number of words per stanza: 288
  • Amount of lines: 253
  • 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; of, he, to, she, and, her, at, on, his, ', you, what, no, for, seen, i, our, or, my, in, your, they, there, if, be, when are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, there 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 other is repeated).

    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 weeping connects the lines.

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