This is an analysis of the poem Meinem Alten Lehrer that begins with:

Noch fühle ich die kahlgetünchten Wände,
Beklemmung morgendlichen Lampenlichts,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXaa XXXbXXXX XXXcXcXX XXXbXbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111001 1001000100 110000110 1101000100 11101011 11010110 110110110 1101111110 1101111100010 111111001 11011101000 111110001 1011101100 1101000100 1101101010 1111011110 1101011100 11001111 1010111000 111111111001 11000111000 1100110011 110111110 1101111110 11110101000 111110001 111011100 1011011101 1111100100 110001110011111101 111110010 1111100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 328
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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; uns, ein are repeated.

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  • summary of Meinem Alten Lehrer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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