This is an analysis of the poem Die Drei Zigeuner that begins with:

Drei Zigeuner fand ich einmal
Liegen an einer Weide,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXab XXXa bXXX XcXc XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001110 1011010 111011111 11101 1111110 011110 111100 1110010 1111111 11101 11101100 11111 1111001 1110111 11101101 111111 11101011 11110 1011110101 1110000 1010111110 1110110 1110110 1110100 11100111 1111000 11100100 1100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; den is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Die Drei Zigeuner;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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