This is an analysis of the poem Bei Beethovens Begräbnisse that begins with:

Was strömt das Volk dort jenem Haus entgegen,
An dessen Thor sich seine Woge bricht?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXX XXXXXXXX XaXX baXb XXXXXXXX XcXcXcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,4,4,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101100 110111011 1011111010 111111111 111110101 1101111101 110111001 1001001 111111111 1101110110 111110011 110111111 111110101 111111111 1111101 111001111 11111111010 111010101 111101100 11011011110 1111111010 1001110101 111101111 110111110001 1111110100 111111100 101110100 1101110110 1110110100 1111101100 1011111010 1011011110 11111111101 110001111 110111110001 1101111 1101011110 10101011101 111010111100 1001110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; und, ein are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word und is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines nge, ne are repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Bei Beethovens Begräbnisse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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