This is an analysis of the poem Der Bote that begins with:
Auf ihres Schlosses Zinnen
Das holde Fräulein steht,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XaXa XaXa XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101010 11101 11011 1101 11110101 11011111 111110 11111 111111010 110101 011010 11111 11111111110 11111101 1111 1111 1111010 01011 1101010 11011 011011 11101 1101010 11111001 1111 110111 011101 11110110 0111 110111 111111100 110100
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; t is repeated.
The author used the same word sie at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Der Bote;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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