This is an analysis of the poem Der Laudachsee that begins with:

Laß meiner Einsamkeit das Angedenken
Der schönsten Stunden jetzt vorüberziehn,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 31,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010011000 11101100 1111000110 11101110010 10100001100 1111110100 1111110110 1100011100 1100111110 10111010 1011010 010101100 11111111101 11011110110 101111 100010111 11010010110 111111011111 1111110110 11111110 11110101 111111011 11101111 11101111 11111011 111110010 110100101 1001000110 1110011001 11101101 111100011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 214
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; der is repeated.

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

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