This is an analysis of the poem Mater Dolorosa that begins with:

Blick in deiner Reinheit Strahlen,
Selige, auf mich hernieder —...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 1011100 1111010 1111000 1111001 1111101 11010 11101110 011101110 0101100 11111110 11011111 1111101100 11011111 1110111101 111011 111010010 1111001101 11111100 111101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; mich, die are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Mater Dolorosa;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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