This is an analysis of the poem Opus Null that begins with:

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Ich bin der große Derdiedas...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXbcXd XXeX XXXXXXXaX XXXX XfXXXcaXX ecfX XXaXaabXX XXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,4,9,4,9,4,9,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11110100 1100100 11000101 1100100 11111111 101111 11010000 11101101 1111100 111110 1100001 11010000 1 01110101 11111110 0111110100 1101010 11001100 1001100 11010011 11110100 101001100 11100100 110100100 10101010 1 0111110101 1111111101 1111110111 11110111 111111 1101111 11111111 1111111 01111101 1111101 1111101 11110111 1 111101001 01111101 1111110100 1111111001 1100111111101 11010111100 11111110 10011110 0111111101111 0111111111011 1110001 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; der, sarg, um, und, hut, sie are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words der, er are repeated.

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  • summary of Opus Null;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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