This is an analysis of the poem Welke Rose that begins with:

In einem Buche blätternd, fand
Ich eine Rose welk, zerdrückt,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010111 11111 11111101 1111111 11111100 10100110 11001111 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; mehr is repeated.

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