This is an analysis of the poem Faust. Die Warnung that begins with:

Mephistopheles (ihm entgegenreitend)
Ihr reitet recht behaglich sacht;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXX bXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X bccaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,20,1,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10000110000 11011001 1110101 11001100 1111100 10 11010101 1111010000 10000 111111 1111111010 11111101 11110111 1001100 11111 11011101 11110000 11010100 111101 1110100 11000110 1111100 10011100 1101111110 10111010 10110110 111011 1111111110 0110 110 01011111 01011011 11011101 11011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

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

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