This is an analysis of the poem Selbstbildnis Des Dichters that begins with:
Gefurcht die Stirn, tiefliegend-scharf der Blick,
Fuchshaarig, Wangen welk, ein kühn Gesicht,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXX abbX XbX bXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1011100111 1001011110 101111111 1001101110 111111101 110111111 100101011 1011110111 1110011111 1010110111 100110100 1111010101 11011100 1111111111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Selbstbildnis Des Dichters;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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