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

being the German kid in the 20's in Los Angeles
was difficult....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdXebfgafeXf aXhefXdXhfcXabbgadadedfbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,25,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010100101100 1100 1111010101 010100111 1011110101 101110 11011 11101 1110111110 11111100011111 111011 1100111101010 11110101011 1001111010 11111 01110111 1100100101 1111110001010 111101 1101000100 111101011 1111111001 10 1011101010 1011110 10101000110100 110110101100 01011 1111011 1111011101 11 110101110 110101 10101111111011 110 101011010001111 1100100110101 100 101111 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 676
  • Average number of words per stanza: 129
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, they, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, they are repeated.

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

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