This is an analysis of the poem Todtenkränze Viii. that begins with:

Arglist′ger Geist, Du sollst mich nicht berücken!
Gab ich zur Antwort. - Jene Grabeshügel,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXX X XXXXaXXXXXXXX X XXXXXXXXXXXXX X XXXXXbXXXXXXX X XaXaXXXaXXXXX X XXXaXXXXXXXXX X XXXXXXXXXXXXX X XXXXXXXXbXXXX X XXXXXXXXXaXXX X XXXXXXXXXXaXa X XXXXXXXXXXaXX X XXXXXXXXXXXXX X XXXXXXXXXXXXX X XXaXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,1,13,1,13,1,13,1,13,1,13,1,13,1,13,1,13,1,13,1,13,1,13,1,13,1,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001011110 111101100 11001101100 110110001 11111111101 1101011110 0110010 10110111100 10110111010 11110110 1101101000 11001111100 111111011100 1 11111111010 10111111110 1101111111 111111011111110 1111011110 110111110 111101 101111110 11111100100 1010010001 1111010110 1110111100 11111011100 1 1111111010 10011110010 11111011 1101110010 11110101110 1001110010 11001 11110101000 1111111000 1011001100 1011111101100 101111110 1111111101100 1 111111010 1011010101 110101010 100111110101 10011101100 1111100111 11100 1001101000 1111100110 11100010000 1101111100 1101011101 11111001 1 1101011000 10111011010 11011110 110110110 11000101010 11010111100 111100 1001011010 11110111100 11101101100 1101111010 11011111010 11111110 1 11111111111100 011001111110 1110011110 11111010110010 10011101100 11110001010 1111100 110101111111 1111101010 1111010111 111111011 100110111 1101111101 1 1111010110 011100110 1111010010 1101001110 1101010100 111101110100 111110100 111110010 111011111000 11111111010 11101111010 110010101 111011110 1 0111111110 111101010010 11011111100 11111111010 1111010101010 111011010 111010 11010111 1100101011 1101011100 1111011011 1111111110 11110101100 1 11111101100 1011011110 110101110 1011101100 111110100 11101101 11011 111001111 110111110 11011100010 1101011111 1111111101 111111011 1 11110110010 111111000 111101101000 11111011010 10100111110 0101111100 101111000 11100101100 11011111100 110111100 11111101010 11110111110 100111010 1 1101111100 11110100 1111111101100 111111111 11111110 10011100010 1111010 1111101100 111110110 1111001101 11011101010 101110111110 1101111100100 1 111011111100 1111111100 111101111110 11011011110 10010111100 10101010 1001110 111101010 11010111100 111100110 11110101000 1111111111111 110110101 1 0111101101 0110011001 0101111000 1011100110 110111101 11111001100 0110010 1111110111010 1101011111 1011111 01010110100 1010011100 11011001100 1 11111101100 1010110111100 111110001111010 1111111100 1111111111100 1111101000 0101100 1111010111 11111101110 11011011010 1101110001 1011110001 111101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 27
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 287
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 221
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; und, der, r, f, wer, w, in, sie, die, er, war are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words wer, am, die, er, nicht are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ttelt, ckte, nzen are repeated).

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