This is an analysis of the poem Epigram that begins with:
Thoren, wie lange verfolgt ihr den Barden? — und hascht nach ein Luft-Kind? -
Lächelnd entflieht er euch — über den Dunstkreis, mit Flügeln der...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011101110111111 1100111101111110 111111011111011110010 11111111100100 11000101011101 1011011111110 1011111010011011 1110111011001 10111111111011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 630
- Average number of words per stanza: 114
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 69 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; mit, den, und are repeated.
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- summary of Epigram;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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