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

1 On Linden, when the sun was low,
2 All bloodless lay the untrodden snow,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaab cccb ddXb eeeb aaab eeeb fffb cccX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010111 1110101001 111110101 101010100 111010101 110111101 1010100101 101000100 111110101 111010101 111001001010 101010100 1110101010 1110101010 1110101010 111010100 111011111 11101011 1110010101 101010100 111111101 111011101 11100111001 1101100100 101010111 111010101 111011101 111011100 111111101 101101101 1110010111 11001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; of is repeated.

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  • summary of Hohenlinden;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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