This is an analysis of the poem Glaube, Hoffnung, Liebe that begins with:

Solchen Glauben will ich mir bewahren,
Solcher Hoffnung hingegeben seyn,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXX XXXXaXX XXbXcXX XbXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXdXaX XXcdbXd XaXXaXe XXXXddX XXaXffX eXXXXXX XbbeXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010011100 101010001 101111 1010101100 1111 111 1111101000 11111111 110011110 111011101 111110101 10101 1111 111110011 1111111100 11111110 11111111 1110111100 1011 0111 101111010 11111111 111010101 1110100 101110101 1111111 1111 11101111111 1111111 1100110 111110010 10011100 1111 1011110 1111111111 11110101 10001111 11101101 1101111010 1100 1111 11101011 111101000 11111110 11010101 11010110 111 111 1011101010 1111111101 1011001 1111111111110 111101100 10111 11111 110111010 1110110 101001101 101011100 111100110 1110 111010 11101100 101111100 11101001 111110111 1111111100 10111 1111 111111100 101110110 1111011 1111111 1110110010 1111 10101 101111100 10111111 111010001 10111001 1110111110 10010 1101 10111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; nicht, die are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Glaube, Hoffnung, Liebe;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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