This is an analysis of the poem An Fr. Kleyle that begins with:

Vergib, vergib, Geliebter, dem Gesange,
Der deines Schmerzes leisen Schlummer stört,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX Xaba XXXX XXXX XbXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XbXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010100110 111010101 1110000111 101101011 1001110111 1110001101 11111100 1011011100 111111111 1111111011 101100111 110001100 11010101110 11101111 1101110110 111101111 1111101101 010101001 11111111010 111001111 1101010010 11110111 111111100110 1111111011 11101110 11110111 11111011 1101011100 111111110 1111110101 111111101000 11111111010 0101010010 0101011101 1111101 0101101110 11011011010 111100010 1111101010 111011111 1101110111 111101100 1111010110 111111011 11111101 11001111 111111110 11110110 101110010 101110111 111101010 1110011100 11101111100 110111000 11011101010 111010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; der is repeated.

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

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  • summary of An Fr. Kleyle;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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