This is an analysis of the poem Unendliche Zeit that begins with:

Wirklich, bist du zu schwach, dich der seeliger, Zeit zu erinnern?
Über dem dunkelnden Tal zogen die Sterne herauf, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111110011100 111001101110 110101101101101 111111101010 101011111111100 1101011111001 1110001111011110 1100011011011 01111001100010 1110011111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 575
  • Average number of words per stanza: 97
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • 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; es is repeated.

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  • summary of Unendliche Zeit;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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