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

Wieder ist ein Tag zu Ende,
Immer noch die alten Wände...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbX XXcXXX XbXXXc XXXXXX XXXXXX aXXXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111 1011101 1100 11111100 11011010 11111 10111110 111011 1111111 11111110 11100010 111111 11111000 11111110 11101 1101111110 11101110 11111 10111 1110101 11101 1011101 111011 10101 1111111010 1111110 11111 1110010 1111101 111100 1011111 11101 1010110 1111111000 110111110 1110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; und, mut are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words nicht, rein are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rde, cken are repeated).

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

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