This is an analysis of the poem Beständigkeit Im Wechsel that begins with:
Ein Pfeil nur, sagst du, kann verwunden
Und wer berührt von ihm, den Strahl...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101100 1111111 110101100 1111100 11110101 10110100 11111 11111101 1111010 11111111 011111 111111110110 11110101 11111011 11101111 11111001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Beständigkeit Im Wechsel;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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