This is an analysis of the poem Mariechen that begins with:
Mariechen saß am Rocken,
Im Grase schlummert ihr Kind;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabX XXXX XXXX bXXa Xcbc XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX bdXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001110 111011 111010 111100 1111110110 111100 10101010 110111 1101111 111110 1111011 1101101 11110010 1111 110011 11111101 110110110 0101001 11011010 11111 11011100 111101 010101 1110110 110110010 1111110 1111110 011111 1111010 111101101 1111100 101111 1111110 110111 1101111 1111111 1111010 11011 10101100 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 40
- 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; so is repeated.
The author used the same word dein at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Mariechen;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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