This is an analysis of the poem Die Sunflowers that begins with:

You golden sunflowers,
Tenderly inclined toward death,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a X X X X a b a X X b X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110 10001011 110100100 0110 101 0100101 101010 1010 01110 1001 0100010 1101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 22
  • Average number of words per stanza: 3
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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