This is an analysis of the poem Der Scheidende that begins with:

It has died in me, as it must,
Every idle, earthly lust,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbXccddaaeeXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101101 10010101 11010100 10011001 011010101 11100101 01010101 11110101 10011101 10110101 111000101 1111111 010100101 11110101 010101011 0101100100 11101001010 011100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 627
  • Average number of words per stanza: 117
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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