This is an analysis of the poem Der 13. Psalm. that begins with:
Herr, wie lang wilt vergessen mein
In meiner grosen note?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXXbbX aXXaXXXX XXXXXaXaX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,9,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111001 010101 11101101 111111 1 11101101 11111101 1111100 11101111 111010 1 11110011 111111 10110101 11110001 1111000 1 11110111 111111 1101110 110001 11111101 1 11111001 1111100 101001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; wie, lang, und, das, mein are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word das is repeated.
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