This is an analysis of the poem Herbst that begins with:
Rings ein Verstummen, ein Entfärben:
Wie sanft den Wald die Lüfte streicheln,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXXa XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100110 11111110 110111000 1110110 1101111 11111100 11101000 111101 1110111 111011010 110111110 1110111 010101010 11111110 11101100 11011010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; die is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word die is repeated.
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- summary of Herbst;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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