This is an analysis of the poem Wiedersehen Mit Gott that begins with:

Wo hab' ich denn gefristet in all der argen Zeit?
Wo Haß bei Lüge nistet und nah beim Unwert Neid....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX XX XX XX bb XX XX Xa X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111100011101 1111110111101 111101100111110 111110011110 1111100011100 1111111000 11111101110101 1101111111010 110111010111 111111011111 111111110000 111100110100 111111101101 11111011111111 1110100110111 1011010110111 111010111100111001110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ich, und, gott are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words wo, gott, und are repeated.

    The author used the same word und at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Wiedersehen Mit Gott;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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