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

Zwei Freunde traten schweigend ein
In einem blütenvollen Hain....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXXXXXaXXXbXXXXXXcXdXXXcXXXXaXXXXXXXXXcX XXXXadXXdXdXXXaXXXXXaXXXXXXXeXeXXXXXXXXXcX bXdXXXXeXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 42,42,28,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 0101001 11111110 100111000 1101010 11011000 1111100 1001011 11110110 1111100 111101100 10111101 1110111 011101 11010110 1101101 0110110 110110000 11010100 11011101 111011 11010111 110001100 110101000 11110100 0101111 10111110 01110110 110111 1111101 11110101 111111 11011101 11110101 01110111 1101011 1111001 1111111 111101010 1111111001 1111101 1011111101 1111101 10001100 1101110 1111100 100110110 1011000011 01101110 1111111000 111111110001 110111100 1111110001 11011111111 1111011010 101101001000 1111010110 01011000100 11011111010 100110100 1101010101 100110100 111111001 100111101 1001111100100 1101011111100 1111011100 111110110 1111111111110 1111110111010 11111111110 1111111010 11110111010 1110010000 11111011 111101110 111111111 1011110101 010111110 111111101 011110001 0101010110 11111011 111101100 11111111 11011100 11011101 11101101 1111011 11110110 11011100 1111110 11011010 1001111 11111101110 1111100110 110101110 11101100 10111101 11101010 111001100 111101110 11111111 11011111 11111100 1011101 01110100 11011100 111101100 11111010 11100110 11100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1363
  • Average number of words per stanza: 236
  • Amount of lines: 112
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; der, sie, die, ein are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words der, dann, und 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 Die Zweifler;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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