This is an analysis of the poem Herbstentschluß that begins with:
Trübe Wolken, Herbstesluft,
Einsam wandl ich meine Straßen,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX aXaX bXXX bXbX aXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110100 101111 1011101 1111100 101101 111110 1010101 1101100 1110111 1011110 11111 1011110 1100101 111001 1100111 11101100 1011101 10011110 1011010 1111110 111011 1111100 111101 1011000 1110101 1010110 1110100 1011101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 28
- 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:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hast is repeated.
The author used the same word herz at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Herbstentschluß;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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