This is an analysis of the poem Das Auge Der Schlange that begins with:
Kennst Du die Sage wohl von jener Schlange,
Der sichrer Tod im Blick des Auges liegt!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101111101 1101111101 110111110111 1111110110 111101110 1101010010 11001100100 1110111100 1111010101000 11011111111 11111111100 11111111 1110111111 1101101 11110111110100 11110111110100 1110110101 11111011 1111100111 110111111110 1111001101 11111100 111111110001 1111111111 111110010 11110111111 01011101010 1011111101 111110101110 110111110 1111111100 1111111001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; der, das, mit, ihrem, ihr, und are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words der, mit, ihr are repeated.
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- summary of Das Auge Der Schlange;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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