Die Dorfkirche by Joseph Christian Freiherr von Zedlitz: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Die Dorfkirche that begins with:

In einem Dorf, am frühen Morgen,
Sah ich ein Kirchlein offen stehn,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXX XbXX XcXc XXXX XbaX XdXd XeXe XbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011110 11110101 111101110 11111011 11010111 11011100 110101110 1111110 11111110 11010111 110101000 11011100 111111110 10011101 1111111010 11111011 1110101 1111111101 11111100 1111110100 11111100 1100101 11111110 1111101 111111101 11010111 10101110 111111 11011111 11111001 111110110 1110111 1111100 1111111 1110110 1111010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; der, den, die are repeated.

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

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  • history of its creation;
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