This is an analysis of the poem Einst Und Jetzt that begins with:

Möchte wieder in die Gegend,
Wo ich einst so selig war,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XXXX XXXX Xbab XXXa XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 1100110 1111101 111111 101011 1011011 111011 1011010 11111 10111100 10011111 11111000 1101100 11111 1110101 11101111 1110111 10111111 1110100 10111010 1001001 11110 1100101 11111100 1011001 11111000 11010111 111110 1110101 10111000 11111 110111110 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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; wo, ich, der, die are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word wo is repeated.

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  • summary of Einst Und Jetzt;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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