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

Die Vesperglocken klingen
Im abendlichen Schein,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XXXX XXXX XXab acXX cXXc XXdX XXXX XXXd eXeb XfXf fXXX XXXX XXXd XdXX acac aXXX XcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100010 110001 110110 101101 111101 11011 110010 111110 110101 10101 11101 100111 110110 110110 1111110 11101 110110 11111 1101110 0101 110111 11111 111101 11001 1111111 101101 1101111 100100 111101 1111 010101 11010 111111110 110111 1011100 1101101 10011 1011110 110111 111101 1101010 110111 11111010 110011 1111 1101 1111010 1011 101100 1110 1101010 10010 101010 1011 1011100 1101 100100 10001 1110111 11010 1101010 1111 10101010 10001 01011110 11101 111111 10110 1010110 11101 11110010 11100
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 73
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; du, rausche, die are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words die, rausche, tr, und, bleibt are repeated.

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

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

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