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

Nachtvertraute Liebesklagen
Send' ich meiner Freundin zu;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXa XXXXbbXa XXXXXbaa XXXcXXXa XXXXXXaa cdcdXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001000 1110101 1111000 11010 1011101 11010 101010 1111111 1010101 101101 111111 1010101 1010110 1101110 101100 110011111 11111010 101111 1111100 1010011 1111010 1110110 11111 11011111 1111110 1110100 11111100 11101 1101110 1111100 111101 11011111 1100100 1110101 1011100 11100 11011100 111111010 110101 111011111 100111 100011 1110101 11111 11010 111101 1110101 111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; mir is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word sie at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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