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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