This is an analysis of the poem Gegenwart that begins with:

Fern in des Lebens Ocean gebannt,
Liegt hinter uns, in glanzerfüllten Weiten,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXXa Xbb XbX
  • 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: 101101010 1101010010 1110110010 1111110001 111111101 11111100100 11111111010 110101001 11110011010 100111101 1100010101 1101111100 1111110111 11001100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ist is repeated.

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  • summary of Gegenwart;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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