This is an analysis of the poem Meergruß that begins with:
Thalatta! Thalatta!
Sei mir gegrüßt, du ewiges Meer! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XAXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX AaXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXaaaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,11,15,16,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100100 111010010 1111000 110010 11110 1001000 10010000 101000 110110 11110110 11110100 11001000 110001 100110 1101111011 1101011100 100100 111010010 1111011110 1111011110 1101001000 11100011110 1111010010 1111001000 1111010000 1001011010 10100010 110110100 1111100011 110101 01100010010 1111011 11111100 110010100 111011111 11011100 1100111000 11101110 111010111 1111010010 11101111011 111101011 100100 010010 111100 1011101000 1110010 10111101 1111000010 10111111110 11110001001111 111010 1001111100 11101110 111101000 1111110 1110011110 111010 100100
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 408
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 59
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; die, es, in, und are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words sei, die, wie, von, und are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines meer is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word thalatta at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Meergruß;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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