This is an analysis of the poem To Tochterchen: On Her Birthday that begins with:
As one doth touch a flower wherein the dew
Trembles to fall, as one unplaits the ply... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbaaXbaaXcaXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11110100101 1001111001 0101001100 1101011101 11110010111 1101110101 1101001100 1001010011 0101110101 0101110100 01001011111 1110010111 1110101111 111011010111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 610
- Average number of words per stanza: 111
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.
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