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

Währt ewig denn die lange Heide,
Liegt sie denn niemals hinter mir,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111 1111110101 110101110 11101110 111110100 1101111 111111000 01011111 111101100 1111100 11111011000 1111110 111001100 111101110 110111010 1110110 11110110 1101111 1111111100 111111011111 100111100 11111101 111111010 111111 11111110 1111110 11010110 111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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, mit, die are repeated.

    The author used the same word soll at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Die Heide;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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