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

Rings im Kreise lauscht die Menge
Bärtiger Magyaren froh;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXXXXXaXXbXbXXcXXXXXXXXXXdXXXXcXXXXXXXXXdXXXXXcXeXeXXXXXXXXXddXXdXXbbXXXcXXXXXXfXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXdXXXXXXXXXXfXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 115,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 101001 111101 1100111 1001100 101100 1111000 111100 1111010 1011100 11101110 1010110 11001110 111111 10101010 111001 111100 111011111 11011 100110 1110101 1111100 1001000 111111 10111010 111111 11101000 1011100 1110110 101111 1110111100 101101 1011111010 101111 1110010 11110 1111100 101111 1111110 01101100 11111100 1111010 1101110 1111111 110011 1010100 10101110 0100100 1011110 1001101 11011 111011 1110101 111101 101111 111111110 110111 1111000 10101110 110101 10111110 11110 10101000 11101 1111111010 101111000 1011000 1110101 1101100 1110110 1101010 1011010 111111 11010 1010101 111011111 111111110 110011111 1011110 1100110 111111 1110110 11111 111101100 11101000 111100110 1111101010 10101000 1111100 111011 1111100 111110111 1110010 111100 11111010 11011 0111010 11101010 1110101 1111100 1110100 101111 101111101 111111 11101110 1110011 1011110 1111111 1110000 110111 1011101 101110 1111 10111111 10111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3505
  • Average number of words per stanza: 612
  • Amount of lines: 115
  • 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; der, die, des are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words braust, und, mit, wird, bist, ahnen are repeated.

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

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