This is an analysis of the poem Kretschmann that begins with:

Love may trace his echoing footsteps, yet we never more shall meet
Rugged Kretschmann, the musician, plodding down a Sydney street,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccaa ddee ffcc aagg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110100111110111 101000101010101 101011101011101 101010101010101 101001110100111001 101010101110001 111010101010101 101110101110111 111111101110111 101010111000101 1110100111110101 101110101010111 101110101000101 101110100010101 111110101011101 101001100010101 100110101110101 101010101011101 101100101110111 101000101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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; never, and, he are repeated.

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  • summary of Kretschmann;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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