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

Das Leben ist ein Garten,
Wo tausend Blumen blühn,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXX XbXXXXXX XXXcXXdX XXeXffaa XXXXXXXb XbXXXXaa XbXbXXXe X XdXXXXXX XaXacXbX X abggX XbXXb X XhXXXX XXXXXX XXdXXX XXhbXX XbXXXX XXXXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,1,8,8,1,5,5,1,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110 110101 11110 11111 110101 11010 11111 11101 1111100 11111 01101 11111 111111 111100 111100 11011 101100 11100 110111 111111 1101 11110 110011 101101 1101000 1110 1111 110101 11111111 111001 110101 1111101 11111 10101 1011010 11110100 1111010 1111010 110111 101111 111010 111111 1101110 101110 11111 110100 111101 1111 111111 11111 1111 110101 1010000 111111000 111110 010101 1 1101000 110001 1110010 110111 11011 111001 110111 111101 11111 1111 1111 110111 11111 101111 111111 111111 1 1111011 111111 1010111011 1100101011 1111111 111010111 11011 111111100 1110101100 1101011 1 1111 1011 101011011 111 1111 1110 1011 1011 10110100 111111 1011 11101100 111111 1010 1011111001 1001 1111 111 11110 110 101011011 1111 10100 101001011 11110 101 10111100 111111 1011 1010 1101 111 110011001 111111 111 1010011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 124
  • 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:

    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; mich, die, ich, ohne are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words wo, mich, so are repeated.

    The author used the same word ja at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rmt, lle, ster, ich are repeated).

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

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

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