This is an analysis of the poem Arabesken that begins with:
Glücklich dünk′ ich Dir, Freund, ein Beneideter, weil mir die Wangen
Jugend noch färbt, weil das Blut rasch noch die Pulse bewegt?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXa XXbX XX XX cXXXaXXXXXXdXX XXXX XXdbXXXbXXXXXXXXcXXXeeeXXXXbaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,2,2,14,4,30,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111100011110 1011111111110 11111101101111 11111111101011 101111111110100 111111111110 11110011110101 111000111101 111111111111100 1111011110010 11101111011100 1110001101110 01101010111010 11110101111001 101110111001010 101111110001 111100001110010 1011011111010 11110111010001 10111110110 1010111001100 1111011111010 11110011111011 11111111111 10111111001 11110011011010 1110011111110011 1111001001010 1111111111110 1111011111001 11110101111101001 1011001111 11110111011001 10010011011011 111111001110111110 101001111111010 11111111100010 101001101111 101111011011010 110101110011 111011111011110 111001101101 1010001010111100 1011011111010010 11101100111011 1110001111111010 111001101111110 1111111111 11110110110010110 101101111110 10010101111111111 1101111011 10101111111111 1100111111010 111101110011 111011011010 11101111110010 1010101101001 11011101111111 1011010111110
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 78
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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, weil, noch, ich, den, der, und are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.
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- summary of Arabesken;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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