This is an analysis of the poem The Count Of Griers that begins with:

FROM THE GERMAN OF UHLAND.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aabb ccdX eeff ggaX Xcbb hhee bbee iidd ffdd bbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0010010 110101010101 1101010110101 011110100101 010111011001 1100010111101 1101110110110 11101110110111 10101110111101 1101010110001 0101010110101 1101010110101 0111110011101 01000101101001 1101110111001 11010100101010 111101010111 1101010011100 1101010110101 1111111110101 10101110110100 0101010110101 110101110101 0101010011101 11010100101001 0111010011101 1101010010111 01010010010111 1101011110101 1111110101101 0111010010101 11011101100101 110101010001101 10001110110101 1101110011111 1111110010101 11000101100111 10011101101001 1111110110101 0111110011101 1111010011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, not are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Count Of Griers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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