This is an analysis of the poem In Das Stammbuch Einer Künstlerin that begins with:

Nach langem Wege durch die Sommerschwüle
Rauscht' uns ein Wald entgegen seinen Gruß,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXaXaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011110 1111100101 1101111111 11011110100 1111111010 111111101 1111000101100 1011010100 11011001 111101101 101101111 110111111101 11010101100 111101111 1101101010 1100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 645
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • 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.

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

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  • summary of In Das Stammbuch Einer Künstlerin;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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