This is an analysis of the poem Der Arme Sänger that begins with:
Was läuft das Volk zusammen? Ein Schifflein stößt vom Strand:
Inmitten steht der König, rothgolden sein Gewand,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXa bbcX dXee XXXX XXXF XcXa dXgg hXXF eedd XhXX XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111100110111 100111100110 1101110110110 11011100110 11111111111 111101011111 11111011011 1111110110110 110111011101 11111110101 1111111101 1101110110101 11111011111 110110111010 11011110111001 111110101101 111110011101 111010110001 1111110111 1111101101 1111110110110 110001110101 11101111101 1111100110110 1111110110111 11111111011 111101110101 111111011011 110111011101 1101110110010 1111110111 1111101101 11111011111 11100111111 11101110101 1111011111 111111100100110 11110111001 0111011011111 1111010110101 111110011010 1111111001
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; die is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word und is repeated.
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- summary of Der Arme Sänger;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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