This is an analysis of the poem Der Unhold that begins with:
Lächelnd lehnt er am Weidenstumpen,
Zwerghaft, bucklig, uralt, in Lumpen....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011000 101010010 1010001 1111101 111111101 100010101 1011000010 11111000 1011111 11111010 1011010 1111111001 11101001 101100101 111110 10110001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 546
- Average number of words per stanza: 86
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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 Der Unhold;
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