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

Nichts vermag mich zu berauschen,
Denn die Welt ist nicht für mich....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XaXXX XXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11011100 1111111 111110 10101010 111100 1101110 111011111 1010110 11111110 11111 10111010 1110110 1111000 11101110 1100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Rat Dem Toren;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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