This is an analysis of the poem Wandlung that begins with:
In schwerer Krankheit rief der Herr mich an:
Was war mit dir, eh ich dich so gefunden?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXX aXXX bXX bbX
- 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: 0101011111 1111111111100 1100111110010 1100111110 111111101 11010100010 01011011100 1111100010 111100011 1101011111 11101111111 1111110111 111111101 1111011101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; und is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words was, und are repeated.
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- summary of Wandlung;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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