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

Abend war's, auf fernem Steige
Ging ich in des Waldes Grün,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXX XXXXXbXb XXXXXcXc XXXXaXXX XXXXXcXc XXXXXXXX aXXXaXac XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 1101101 11000 1010111 10111010 11111 100110 1110000 1110111 1010010 111010 111010 1011100 111101 111010 1111101 1111 0110010 10101110 0110011 10111 1111 1111100 11011 11111100 111100 11100100 111011 10111010 111110 11101010 101101 11111010 1100111 10101000 111111 1100110 1100111 10111110 110111 10110010 1111111 1110011 1110101 1101110 11111 1011110 1000010 10111010 101011 10110100 011100 11110010 1110010 1110010 1111101 11111 111001 101111101 110011 1011010 1110100 11100100 1110100 111001 1111001 1111 101101 1011100 1110110 1010101 100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 235
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; dort is repeated.

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  • summary of Abendphantasie;
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