This is an analysis of the poem Frühlingsliebe that begins with:

Ich stand, ein dürrer Baum,
Vom Winterfrost entlaubet,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXXX XXXXXXX aXbXXb XXXaXXa XcXcXXX XXXXXX dcdbXXbXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,6,7,7,6,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 1100100 110001 1101100 11111101 11001 1111111 11010 11101 11111100 1101111 11010 111100 111111010 1111010 11111101 101100 1111111 111111 1111111 1111110 11111 11111101 1011110 101101 101111 110111 111001 1111010 1111010 111111 110011 111111 111110 11110 11110 110101 1111010 1101000 11101 1111010 1101110 1101110 1111110 11111 111010 110111100 11011 111010 010001 110110 100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; und is repeated.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines stern, ngen are repeated).

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

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