This is an analysis of the poem Weib Und Kind that begins with:

Ein schwüler Sommerabend wars, ein trüber,
Ich ging fußwandernd im Gebirg allein, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaaX XbXX XXXX XXXX XbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111000111 1110011010 11101110 1111011110 1101110110 110011111 110111011 1111101110 111110100 101101011111 0100111101 1111111010 1111011100 111111111111 1111111110101 11111111110 1101111111 1111010110 1111010001 1101010010 1111011111100 111101111 1111111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Weib Und Kind;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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