This is an analysis of the poem In Das Stammbuch Eines Freundes that begins with:
Daß Dir zum Ernste des Lebens die Lust an den Spielen der Musen
Freundliche Götter gewährt, Schönes dem Guten gesellt:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110111110110 1011111010 11101110011010 1100111111001 111010111001110 1110011111110 111011011110110 1010010100 101011111110110 1111101111110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 597
- Average number of words per stanza: 114
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
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; der is repeated.
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