This is an analysis of the poem Bescheidene Bitte that begins with:

Allem was da athmet, lebet,
Amor wild Gewährung winkt;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX aXaX aXaX aXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111010 101101 11111010 1110101 1111111110 111111 11100100 101111 11101110 100101 10100000 1100101 11111010 1110100 10110110 0111101 1111110 1110101 11111110 101111 111011010 101111 10111010 10100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words was, wo, und are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ist connects the lines.

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  • summary of Bescheidene Bitte;
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