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

DOROTHEA.
As the man on a journey, who, just at the moment of sunset,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbcdefg hijgkflgjbbmgX eenjneijkfkXecX ndkkejXkggX efkjmfgbngnegnnkekhhgbkoX hcckkfkppfpldkXkljjofkdX fXkkke gfXgl gffbbXfXenjgXieggiXfX ccehfekdkl hglpkj nkkoenekkedeXlnffbcdoXleeX bjggdeXbgeffgkX gjfgkXgXakklloehXXfn
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,14,15,11,25,24,6,5,21,10,6,26,15,20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010 1011010111010011 1001111010010010 1101001100110111 1001001011011011 10110110011010110 1011010010010010 101101010011011 111011001011110 110100111110111 11010101010010 1001101110011011 0011010110110110 10010111010010 111001010010011 1011111010011110 111101110010010 10111010010011110 11111110100011110 1011100010110010 01011010010110010 110101111111101100 100100101010010 10100110010010010 11110110111110010 1010010110010010 111110010110110 1010101011110 1111101011111 100110110010111010 1101111011011010 10010110010010110 1010001110010010 0011001110110110 101001011010110 11100101110111 101011111111110 111111011010011 00010110010111011 1001110110011010 10101011110110 1001001011110010 1011010010110010 11110101010010 1111010111111010 100101011011110 11111101110110 100111111111110 101001101110010 10010010111010110 101110111010110 11110010110011110 111011111110010 1101001110010010 1111111110110 111101111110010 11100101010010 1110010110111010 101101110011010 111001101010010 1110110010011010 111011011110010 0111101110010110 10010010110111010 1111011010010011 111001110011010 001001011011010 11111011010110110 101011100110110 111110011110010 111011010010010 101101111110011 11010111011100100 11100011111010110 1101011111110011 11101111110011 1111011110110110 011001110010010 111101111010110 1101001110010010 101011111110010 1011011010110010 110111011010010 10010111011010 1001101001010010 10111001110010 1000111111011010 11100111011100 011111011010010 1101001110111010 1101010010110010 00010110011111110 1010010010011011 10100111011010 101101111110010 1011101010011010 11111010111011 10010101010010 101011111010011 1001011010010010 10101111010100 11111001011010 1110111010010 111101010110011 0010010110111010 11010001011010010 11101111010110 0001011010101100 10011010110010010 100100111010011 10010110011110010 11111111111110 101011001110110 1111001110110110 101110001010010 111001101110010 0011001110010011 100101101010110 10101001010110 1010110010110110 110011110011010 1000010011011011 110110111010110 110110111010110 110100111010010 1010010011110011 00010101010110 10101011011010 111111110010011 11110010010011 101001010010011 1011011111010010 11101001010010 100100110010010 100101101010110 1110011111010010 1011111010010010 11100101110110 0010010011111011 11101011110010 101111110110111 111001011010111 1011010010010110 1001110010010010 10010110010110110 1001001010010111 10111011011110010 1101101110110110 10100101111011 1001101011010010 1010111110010 1101110010110110 111001111111010 1010011111010110 1001011011110010 100101010011110 11101011111010 11110111101001 11111010110011101 1101001001110010 1111011110011010 100111011111010 1111000101010010 10010010011111010 1111111111010 01101011110011 111101110110110 1011010011110010 110100111110111 1110010010110110 1011111010010010 11101101010010 10101001010010 110101011010110 101110010010011 111001011110110 1111001110011010 111011001110110 1011110010101010 111111110110010 1010010110111010 1111100111000010 010101011011110 1110110110110000 10111111101010 1011110110011110 101011001010010 101001011010010 10010010010110110 1001001110010010 111001000010010 1010110011010100 1011001011010110 110100100101110100 1010010010011010 10100111010010 101001110010010 100111010010010 111001011010010 1010011010010011 10010111110010110 000100101110110 1110101010010 111010010110110 100101011010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 804
  • Average number of words per stanza: 146
  • Amount of lines: 205
  • 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; on, and, he, one, her, in, of, all, she, you, i, by, your, me, to, my, too, they, for, those, be are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words so, 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 me, her are 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 one connects the lines.

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