This is an analysis of the poem Das Kreuz In Hellas that begins with:
Was macht den Blick in weiter Ferne weilen,
Was pochst du Herz, was stürmst du fort, o Seele,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,13,13,13,1,13,1,13,1,13,1,13,1,13,1,13,1,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
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- Amount of stanzas: 32
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 420
- Average number of words per stanza: 76
- Amount of lines: 335
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; du, die, der, mir, ich, den, s, k, rsten, ihr, f, euch, nicht, wird, und, noch are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words was, der, sind, das, die, sie, wie, dann, wo, und are repeated.
The author used the same word und at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ndet, get, hlen, mmert, the, nge are repeated).
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