This is an analysis of the poem An Die Freunde that begins with:
Weil mir großer Reichthum fehlt,
Meint Ihr, daß mein Herz sich quält? -«...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX aXXXXX aXbXXX XXXbXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101 1111111 1111110 1011110 1111110 1111101 1111111 11011 1111101 110011 1111110 111101 1111101 1110110 101111 1110101 1111110 1111101 1110111 111011 1111110 1110011 1111110 1111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; mir is repeated.
The author used the same word weil at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word seyn at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of An Die Freunde;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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