This is an analysis of the poem Scheue Liebe that begins with:

Oft schon wollt' ich kühn es wagen:
Meine Lieb' ihr zu bekennen,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111110 1111100 11101110 1010111 11100010 1111110 111110 1011110 10101110 1111111 110100 1110101 1111001 11111100 1111111 10111110 111111 11101110 1111100010 11100 1111010 11111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 714
  • Average number of words per stanza: 136
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; in is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ften is repeated).

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

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