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

Durchs enge Tal nachts irret ein Wanderer;
Dumpf braust der Waldstrom, drängt an die Klippenwand...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101100 11110111100 11111101 10001010 11101111110 11001101011 1001110 0110011000 10011101101 111011101 1111010 10111000 111111110011 11111100111 11011100 1111001010 111111001111 111101101101 011011100 10111110 111111100 1001010111 11001010 1111100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; der, und are repeated.

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

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  • summary of An Seneca;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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