This is an analysis of the poem Kind Der Liebe that begins with:

Im Moderlicht der fahlen Nebelnacht
Hat meine Jugend nach dem Glück gehungert....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100110100 1110111100 0100010100 11111100 11110111110 1101100100 110111101 11010111100 1110110100 11111001 1111110101 110111111101 110110010 110101111 1110110 1111011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 645
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; doch is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Kind Der Liebe;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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