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

Sie sind immer nur da, um zu dienen,
Niemand fragt sie nach ihrem Begehr....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXXXX bXbX XXXXX XaXX XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,5,4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110111110 10111111010 1111110011110 101111011 11110111111010 10111111101 11011101 10110111 100111011 11111111101 110111111101 10101111101 111111111110 1011111 11111100 01010001 1111 11001101 110111110110 1101111011 110111000 1001001010 1101101 1111001010 1011101 1011010 101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; zu, sie, f, r, die, sind are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines te is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Dienstboten;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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