This is an analysis of the poem Offenes Geständniß that begins with:
Ich hab' ein feines Liebchen,
Ein junges, heißes Blut;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111010 11011 1111110 111111 1111110111 111101111 1111110 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; ich is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word und is repeated.
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- summary of Offenes Geständniß;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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