This is an analysis of the poem Georg Hirth Zum Siebzigsten Geburtstag that begins with:

Ich bin nur einer von den vielen Jungen
Und gegen dich ein Kind fast, edler Mann....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXX aXXXa XXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111010 1101111101 11111001100 110111000 111110110 11111110010 1111110110 1111111010 1101111100 1111111101 1011010110 11011110 110011110 1111111010 110111010 10101101 1011110010 11110110 1100011110 111010101 110011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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, ndet are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Georg Hirth Zum Siebzigsten Geburtstag;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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