This is an analysis of the poem Heimatklang that begins with:

Als sie vom Paradiese ward gezwungen,
Kam jeder Seele eine Melodie...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXXXXXXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111001100 1101110 11001101000 1010110111 1111111100 1111011101 1111101100 1111010110 11010101100 11000111 11000110100 1101001011 11010111100 11001000 11110101100 1010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 634
  • Average number of words per stanza: 104
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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