This is an analysis of the poem An Die Wolke that begins with:

Zieh nicht so schnell vorüber
An dieser stillen Heide,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXX XabXXX XXbXXX XXXXXX bXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 110101 111110 110101 01011 111101 111110 111111 1111110 110111 11111101 1101 1111010 011101 111110 10011110 11111101 110110 111100 11111 111101 110111 11111101 1111111 10111111 111101 010110 11111 11100 110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • 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; die is repeated.

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

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  • summary of An Die Wolke;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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