This is an analysis of the poem Von Deutscher Zukunft that begins with:

Von deutscher Zukunft soll ich Künder sein?
Zwei Säulen, denk' ich, tragen sie allein:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101111 110111011110 11111100 111111111 111111100 11011111 111010110 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 329
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; die, und are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Von Deutscher Zukunft;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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