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

Haben wir auch schön geträumet
Von des Glückes Zauberlanden,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXXX XbXb Xcac XXXX XXXX XXaX XXXX XaXa XXXX XXaX XXXX XXXX XXaX XXXa XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111100 1111000 11110 1110110 11101110 1011101 11011 11110 10100110 1011101 11100100 111101111 111100101 111111010 11100110 110111110 11111110 1110110 10111100 11101000 1011111 111100 1110111 10100100 10101110 101110 1111110 10011000 101111101 11101010 1111000 1011010 111011 11101110 111101 1111010 1100111 1110101 11001000 111101101 11111100 11101100 111101110 1111000 1111010 101100 11101000 1111010 10111010 10101100 1111110 1111110010 11101010 1110100 1111101101 111110111 1111111 1111000 10101010 11110 101011 1111110 10101100 1111111010 10011000 01101000 11010 1101100 1110011 1010110 10101110 101101 1011101 1111000 10111111 1110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Die Sehnsucht;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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