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

Das ist der Hain, wo ich mit dir oft weilte,
Das ist der Büsche wonnigliche Haft,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XaXX XXXX XaaX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111111111 11111001 111101100 100011100 01010111100 10111110011 111001011110 11011111100 111011110100 1110111101 111111111 10111111101 10110111010 1101011111 1101111101 1110101100 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; und is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word das is repeated.

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

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