This is an analysis of the poem Vom Kleinen Alltag that begins with:

1.
Nicht ist so rührend wie die Habseligkeiten...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXa X XXXXbXXXXXXXXXX X XXXXXXXXbXXXXXX X caXXXXXXccXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,15,1,15,1,15,1,16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11111110000 1101101111 11010001011110 11101101101 11110111101010 111101111011010 1101111110010110 110111101111010 11010110111100 1101011101111 110101001010 1110101100 11100101100010 1111111111111111110 11011111111 1 11111101010 111111111001111 110101110 1101111110100 11101011111 111011100 111001010011 1110111110 1101111101 1101111010100001 110110110111110 111101111111110 11111111 11111010011 1111111 1 11011011010 11111111011011111110 11111101101110 011001001011 1111110011 10110100110 1001101111011 1001011110110110 111111011010 11011111110110 101101011110 1110101010 11011010111110 11011100010 1101111111 1 1001111110 1101101111001111 1101101011011110 110111110110 1101011011010 100011011010 10101111101 11101101010 11101111110 101011011 11010110110110 110000100010 11101101001 111111111110 1010110111010 1111001011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 372
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; sie, und, die, m are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words sie, die, der are repeated.

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  • summary of Vom Kleinen Alltag;
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