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

Ich denke dich an jedem Tage, Tod!
Seitdem ich dich in Knabennächten fühlte...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX aXa XaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11111011 101101001 111111111 1011010111 1100111101 100100111 110110011 111010100 111101111 11000010010 11001011 111101100 110111111 11011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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; die is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word die is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines hlte is repeated).

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

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