This is an analysis of the poem Der Kranke Im Garten that begins with:

Noch eine Nachtigall, so spät?
Schon sind die Blüten längst verweht,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110011 1111110 11011101 11110 11111100 1111101 1101110 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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  • summary of Der Kranke Im Garten;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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