This is an analysis of the poem Auf Eine Goldene Hochzeit that begins with:

Kennt ihr sie nicht, des Nordens alte Sage:
Von jenem Wunder an der Grönlandsküste,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXa XXXX aXXa XXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 11111111011 11010111 111110111 11010101 11010010010 11110110000 11111100100 1111100 11110110 11011111101 110101100 0110110001 110110110 11111111 11101111 111111111 110110011 11010101000 1111111100 1101011111 11011110 111001101 101111111 11110111100 111111110111110 1101011110 11011111 111011010 1101111010 1110111100 1011010010 1101110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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; ste, ein, durch, die are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ste, chten are repeated).

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