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

Ihr stoßet an, die Gläser klingen,
Ihr lasset leben manchen Mann;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110 11010101 11011101 1111111110 1111011 11111110 11011110 11110100 1111100 1111100 111111 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; nicht is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word ich at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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