This is an analysis of the poem Das Weib Des Räubers that begins with:
Die Sonne geht nieder so blutig roth
Als wäre mein Liebster gefangen und todt;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbXX XXXX bbXX XXbX CXXX CcXX XXXX bXXX cXAb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101101 1111010011 11111001100 1111111111011 1111001011010 101011110 111110111110 110111111 111101101 01111111 101101101 111010100 1101011111 11111001 1101001101 110001101 11010111 110111110 11111100 10111111 11010111 11111001 1110111101 110111001 111111101 11111100 11111101 1101101110 111111111 11110111110 111111011 1111111101 110111111 111101010 111101101 1111010011
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; sie, und, der, mir are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words sie, und, das are repeated.
The author used the same word ihr at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Das Weib Des Räubers;
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- idea of the verse;
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