This is an analysis of the poem Letzter Wille that begins with:

Und wenn ich kalt bin, kleidet mich in Frack
Mit weißen Handschuhn und geknüpfter Binde,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX aXXXX XXXXX XXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110101 1111101101 111111101 1111111110 110001111 1111111 111110111 1110111110 111110 10110111 101011111 011111111 1111100 101101101 1111110101 111111011 1111011101000 11100110 110 11110111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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, ich are repeated.

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  • summary of Letzter Wille;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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