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

Wir hatten im Sacke nur wenig Geld,
Doch lachend wogte das goldene Feld...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XbXX XXXX cXXX XbcX XXXX XaXX
  • 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: 110111101 11011101 01001000 111110 11101101 11111101 1101111100 11110110 11011010 011001010 1101110 11111011100 1111101111 110101101 1110010 1110110100 11001100 111111001 1101111 11011011 110101101 11001110 11001111 111111 11111111010 11101101 1001100 110010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines umend is repeated).

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

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

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