This is an analysis of the poem Dein Bild that begins with:

Die Sonne sinkt, die Berge glühn,
Und aus des Abends Rosen...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXaX XXaX XXXX XXXX bXbX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 1111010 11111111 1111000 11001111 111000 111111111 1100100 110011 110010 11011101 1101010 11111101 11010 11101101 1111 1111100 11110 11010100 100100 1101111 100111110 1111111 1111110 11111101 1101010 1111111 0101100 11011101 1111110 11110110 1110000
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Dein Bild;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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