This is an analysis of the poem Düstere Ahnung that begins with:
Mißtrau' nicht meinen Eiden,
Mißtraue meinem Glück;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXa aXXXXaX XXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011010 1101 1111110 1101010 11011 1111010 1101110 1111110 101110 110111 111101 11100 1111010 1111100 1111100 110100 1010010 1101110 111101 0111000 1011100 111110 011101 11111 110101 101100 1101110 0101010 1111110 111101 111101 111101 111111 1110110 1111010 1011010 111100 1110110 1111010 111110 110110 1011010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; und is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words mi, noch, und, mir are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines leben is repeated).
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