This is an analysis of the poem Nachtseite Des Lebens that begins with:
Sehnsücht'ge Hoffnung, wende dich zurück,
Was suchst du noch im hohlen Schaum der Tage?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XaXa bXbX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111 1101110111 10101101 11101100101 11011101000 1001110111 1111111100 11110111 11110111000 110110011 1101111100 11010111 1011101 111110101100 111011101 110100111 1111011 110011110 1101011101 1101010011 1111111111 11101101 111101101 111010010 1111101110 1001110010 1101101010 1111101111 1111011010 11111111 11110011100 1110111110 111101111 11011110 110110111 1101011111 110111011 110110111 1011111110 1110111100
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; die, und, ihr, den are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word ist is repeated.
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- summary of Nachtseite Des Lebens;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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