This is an analysis of the poem Todtenkränze Iv. that begins with:
Der grauen Fluth! - Wie auf des Aars Gefieder
War ich entlang dem Mittelmeer geschwommen...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXaX X XXXXXXXXXaXXX X aXbaXXXXXXXcc X XXXXXXXXXXXaX X XXXXXXXXXXXXX X XXXXXXXXXXXXX X bXXXbXXXXXXXX X XcccXccXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,1,13,1,13,1,13,1,13,1,13,1,13,1,13,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111100 11101100100 1100100 111110110 11111110111 110011100 1100010110 101111110 110001110100 1 1100110101 10101111101 11001110 1101010011 111111010 11111010100 11111 1011111110 111110110 111010010 111101010 110110100 101111100 1 110110010 11111110010 111111111111 1101111110 1111110010 1101010010 111001 1111101100100 110101110 1111111100 1111101110 1111010110 1101111010 1 1101111111 11111010110 1101111110 1110111010 1101110111 1101110100 1101100 11011111010 101111100 1110110010 11011101100 100111111 11101100 1 1101111111 1001110110 11011001100 1110101110 111001111101 11110011000 1111100 11110101100 1111110111110 1101101100 1111111100 1111101110 1111101110 1 1110110111110 1101111100 11111110 11100101110 11010101010 1111110110 111110 1101111000 1101101101 1101010010 1101111110 1101110110 111111110111 1 111111111111 11011001100 1100111110 11101111110 1111110011 1101110010 010110 1111111010 1101010001 1110011001 111100100111100 11111111010 1101111100 1 1111111110 1100100010 11111111110 1110110010 1101100110 1111110110 111010 1101111100 1001011110 11110111110 11111111110 1111010101 1100101110
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 286
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 121
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; der, s, die, ihr are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words so, und, der, ihr are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines hret, het, lle are repeated).
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- summary of Todtenkränze Iv.;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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