This is an analysis of the poem Es Ist So Still Geworden that begins with:

Es ist still geworden in mir und um mich her,
kein ungestüm' Verlangen bedrängt die Seele mehr....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111100011110 1101001111 101010110111 1111110111011 1110110110011 110110110101 101110111111 0111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word und is repeated.

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  • summary of Es Ist So Still Geworden;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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