This is an analysis of the poem Fragment Eines Weltschöpfungs-Mythus that begins with:

Und es geschah, daß Gottes Bildnerhand
Ausruhete, und seine Weisheit fand,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXXXX XXXXXXXX Xb a bXaX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,8,2,1,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1110110100 100110101 1111110111 1001100101 10110101 10011011100 110111100 1011010111 110000110110 1110010 11011111 1011011111 111111001 101101101 111111011111 101101111101 0101111110 111101 10110010000 01110101010 0111110111 0111111001 111011011 111100110101 1001001100 0111111111 111111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • 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; und, die, du are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words und, du are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Fragment Eines Weltschöpfungs-Mythus;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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