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

Drüben geht die Sonne scheiden,
Und der müde Tag entschließ....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXa XbXb XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XcXX XXcX bdbd XXaX XeXe XXXa XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 11111 100010110 0111111 11111010 111110 101010110 111111 01101010 111111 111010110 1110001 1111010 1110100 1110110 1111100 10110010 111001 11110 1001101 1100100 1111100 110100 11101 1111110 1111000 1110111 1110101 1111110 11011 11101000 1010010 10000 1101 11111 111 11101 1011 1101 10111 11000 11111 11101 1111 11111000 1110101 10101010 011011 110111 1001110 1011110 1001101 10111110 11111 1111000 1110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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 Schilflieder;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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