This is an analysis of the poem The Mole Part Three that begins with:

Kaum ist's vorbei mit dem Trara,
So ist der Wühler wieder da. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX aa bb cc dX ee XX ff XX dd XX gg XX hh XXXX ggii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111110 1111101 11010101 01000111 11110111 11010101 11011101 01010001 11111001010 101011100 10100101 01010001 101110110 11010110 11010101 11010101 11111100 1100111 100101010 010101010 11110110 11100111 11010101 11010101 11111000 10110100 11010111 100000101 111110 1111111 1100110 11011100 110101110 110111010 01111001 00110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 73
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; in is repeated.

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  • summary of The Mole Part Three;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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