This is an analysis of the poem Das Posthorn that begins with:

Still ist schon das ganze Dorf,
Alles schlafen gangen,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX aXXX XXXX aXXX bXXX XXcX XXcX XXXX XXaX bXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 11010 111110 111010 1010100 111110 101111 101100 1111101 111100 11111 11100 1110011 101110 1110111 111000 1101101 1111100 11111011 101110 11111 10101 111111 11111 110000 1111 1111001 101100 1011101 1111 1111101 11110010 101111 11110 11110 11110 1101101 11010 111101 101110 110111 101010 1010101 11000 11100 11000 11101111 100100 1011100 11011 110111 11011 11101 111000 1111001 111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; die is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word mich at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Das Posthorn;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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