Widmung In Und Hättet Der Liebe Nicht by Anton Wildgans: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Widmung In Und Hättet Der Liebe Nicht that begins with:

Du weißt, mein Freund, mein Leben war
Von Zeit zu Zeit recht sonderbar —...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX aXXXXX XbXccX XdbXXX XdXccX aXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111101 11111100 1100100 11110110 11111100 111100 1111111 11111100 111100 1110111 11111101 1101000 1111110 11110101 1111000 11011101 1111110101 1111100 11111100 11111111 1111110 1111111110 1111110010 111010 111111 1111111 110111 11011101 1111011 111111 1110101 1111110 011010 1111100 1111100 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Widmung In Und Hättet Der Liebe Nicht;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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