This is an analysis of the poem Der Beduine that begins with:

Ich leb' im heißen Sonnenbrand,
Die Wüste ist mein Vaterland,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXXX XXXX bbcX XacX XXXX XXbX aacc Xadd XaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111100 1111100 11011110 1111101 1111101 11001110 1111011 11110100 11111111 1101111100 1111010 11110110 11111101 1101111 11010101 1100010 1111110 11111101 1110101 110101110 11111101 1101101 1110111 11101101 1111111 1111001 1111101 1111100 11010101 01011101 11011111 11011101 1111011 1111101 11111101 11010101 10110001 10110001 11101101 11111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; und, bin, ich are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words die, und, bin, frei, nie are repeated.

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  • summary of Der Beduine;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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