This is an analysis of the poem Du Sahst Noch Nie... that begins with:

Du sahst noch nie die Armut Bündel schnüren,
wenn sie die Not aus ihrem Heim vertrieb -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXXX abXb XXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 011111011 111111110110 0111101 11101111 0111111010 0101110111 0110110010 110011010 01011110101 110111101 110111001 1111110101 011111100100 1111011101 11011111010 1111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Du Sahst Noch Nie...;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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