This is an analysis of the poem To Goethe 21 that begins with:

Will they blot also out your name
Because you praise ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a ba b c dc d d ed e f gf g h ehXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110111 0111 11011101 0101 01011101 1101 11010101 1101 11010101 0111 01010101 1011 11010111 1111 01000101 1101 01000111 0101 1001100101 0111
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 35
  • Average number of words per stanza: 6
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The author used the same words and, to at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of To Goethe 21;
  • central theme;
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