This is an analysis of the poem Das Standbild Zu Memphis that begins with:
Du Bild von Erz, inmitten aufgerichtet
Der alten Stadt, die einst dich walten sehen,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 01111001000 11011111010 1110111110 111111100 0111100100 110101111100 111111111010 1111110110100 11011011 1101110110 111011111 11111111000 111111001 11111101111000
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; sie is repeated.
The author used the same word du at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Das Standbild Zu Memphis;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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