This is an analysis of the poem Ich Bin Ein Kind Der Stadt that begins with:

Ich bin ein Kind der Stadt - Die Leute meinen
und spotten leichthin über unsereinen,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXXb XcaddX XXXXXX eeXfXX XXXXfX cXXXdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111110 1101011000 111101101 01110101 11101100 111111011 1101111111 100111101 1111100101 1100100111 11111011 11111100 111111101 1111010011 11011111 11111110 1111011010 011011110 11110111110 1101011110 11111100 111111101 1111100100 1111011110 11111101000 11010100110 1011110101 11011110 1111001 0101111 1111010001 11111111 111110011 1101010001 110101111 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Ich Bin Ein Kind Der Stadt;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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