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

Nach einer Sage
In Schweden steht ein grauer Turm,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXX XXXXbb bcXXXX cXdXXX XXaXXc XXXXXX cXcXee XXcXXX XXXXXX XXXXff XXcXXX XXXXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 01011101 100101 1011110111 101001 11111011 1111111110 11011101 0111110 10010101 011100 11010111 11111001 10011111 111101 1111010 11110010 11111111010 11010101 111111 11110110 0101110111 111110 10110101 111101111111 11011101 100101 0101111 110111 11011100 1111011 11011101 11001 11111111 111100 1111001 11111000 1111111 111111 1110111 111011 11111101 11011101 11111110 1101110 1111111 1101110 11011100 1111010 111101 1110100 11011101 1110010 11101110 110111101 0111111 1111100 11111101 1101010 1100100 10101111 11101101 1101110 1110101 1111010 1111101 11110110 11111101 110110 1111011 11110 1111111 1110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 73
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; und, den, so, der are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words der, den are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Der Traurige Mönch;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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