This is an analysis of the poem Rahel To Varnhagen that begins with:

NOTE.—Rahel Robert and Varnhagen von Ense were married, after many protestations on her part, in 1814. The marriage—so far as he was concerned at... full text

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  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 447
  • Amount of lines: 258
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
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    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, all, as, to, have, you, my, of, that, and, they, for, it, might, blind, in, way, she, know, on are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, the, on, and, why, i are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases that, you connect the lines.

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