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

Woher, du süße Erstlingin im März,
nimmst du die unbeirrbare Gewalt...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXX aXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001110011 10110010 111111111 11111 11111100 111110111 111111101 111101 111101101 1111011110 111110111 101111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; die is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word und is repeated.

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

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