This is an analysis of the poem Kleine Erinnerungen that begins with:

Deine kleine Schwester
Hat ihre offenen Haare...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXXXXX XaXXXXXa XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,8,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110 111001 11010001 11101 100010 111111010 1101001 11101 1111110 11101 11010010 0101010 111000 10111 1101110 1110010 1011010 0101010 1111110 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Kleine Erinnerungen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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