This is an analysis of the poem Auf Ein Faß Zu Öhringen that begins with:
Ich stand, der höchste, grünste Baum,
Vor Zeiten froh im Waldesraum....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXbXbXXXXaXXXXXXbXXXbXXcccXbddXXXXcXXXXXXXXXXXXXbXXXbXXXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 66,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 11011100 1111101 1111111100 110011000 11110100 11111110 111111100 11011 01001100 01001100 11011101 11001110 1110100 1100111 0101010 111111000 111101000 111111 1011011 11111111 11110001 111101100 1110101 1111110 11011110 11100100 111011 1111111 11111011 1111111 11110101 01110111 111111111 11011010 111110010 11011100 1011010 11011001 111101000 1111011100 111110000 11011101 1111010 01111101 11011100 111111010 111101100 11110111 1101001 110111100 11011010 110101010 11111000 11111101 111111100 110111010 11100100 1110110 11110111000 1111100 111100010 1101010 11110100 1111111101 10111101100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2256
- Average number of words per stanza: 395
- Amount of lines: 66
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; du, das, los, ein, fa, wir are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words du, wir are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines umen is repeated).
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- summary of Auf Ein Faß Zu Öhringen;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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