This is an analysis of the poem Einem, Dem Ich Nichts Verschweige that begins with:

Ich habe manches bittre Lied gesagt,
Doch Bittersteg von allen Bitternissen...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11101110 11001101000 11010110110 1111011101 111111110110 1111110111100 111111100100 1101111110 110111111010 11001111 11010110010 1100111101110 1100110001 1110111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; hat, d, e, und are repeated.

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

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