This is an analysis of the poem Rat that begins with:

Wenn eine Woge schnell und wild
Zertrümmert deinen Kahn,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb XXXa cXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 10101 111101000 111001 11011101 01010011 11111 011101 11010111 111111 0100111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in is repeated.

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

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