This is an analysis of the poem Reise-Empfindung that begins with:

Ich sah in bleicher Silbertracht
Die Birkenstämme prangen,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXXX XXbX XXcX XXXX bXXX XXXX XaXX XXXX XXXX XXcX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010100 11010 1111101 1101010 10110100 1111010 11111110 1001110 11110100 110010 11110111 11110110 1111101 111101010 1101111 010110 1111110 1100010 1111101 111110000 11111101 110110 11110100 110110 0101100 1111100 11111101010 111000 1111010 1101110 11010110 1111000 1111111100 110110 10110010 111111110 11010100 111101 11010100 10111 11111101 0101010 10110111 1101100 1111111 1101100 111101 111100010 011111101 1110110 1111011 1101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

  • summary of Reise-Empfindung;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Nikolaus Franz Niembsch Edler von Strehlenau