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

Im Klostergarten steht ein steinern Bild,
Ein Kruzifix so ernst, versöhnungsmild....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXbXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXbXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 46,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100011101 110011100 101111001 110101110 11111111100 111110100 11100111100 10101001000 11011100 1111110011000 1111101000 11011101100 11111111010 111011111100 1011101101 1111010110 1101110110 1011010011 01111101100 11111111111 1111000110 1011111100 01111101100 111010100 111111110101 11000101100 111110110 11110111 10111101010 11110111010 11000111 101110101 101111110 111110100 110110010 101111001 110111011010 11101110 1111011100 11110001010 1111100110 1111110110 110111111 1101101011 111111101 111111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1965
  • Average number of words per stanza: 342
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ich is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines umte, ck are repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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