This is an analysis of the poem Der Blick Gen Himmel that begins with:

Nimm in die Hand den Stab,
Du Wandersmann durch's Leben,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba XXXX XXXX ccXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111 0100110 1111110 110111 1111100 11100 1100100 11100 1111110 1110100 110111 110101 111101 101101 1100010 11111 111110 111100 111100 11111 110101 10101 110010 111101 1101010 111111 1101100 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Der Blick Gen Himmel;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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