This is an analysis of the poem Verlust Und Ersatz that begins with:
Was ich eigen je besessen,
Was ich spähend fern gewahrt,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXX XXXaaaaXXXX XbbaXcXXXbb XXXXXXXcXXX XXXXXXXXXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,11,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011100 111110 111101 11101110 10110000 1111 111101 111010 1111110 111111 111110 111111001 111011 1111101 10110110 10101110 1011101 1010111 10111010 10100010 111111 11111 11011100 1100111 111101 101111 1010011 11101110 10111000 1111010 10111100 1011111 1001111 11011100 11010 1001000 10111100 1011110 1111 111101 1110010 1110100 11011 11011 1111111110 1110110 111110 011110 11100100 101111110 1110110 1111111 1110101 111111 1011101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 335
- Average number of words per stanza: 61
- Amount of lines: 55
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; jede, die are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words was, jede are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines en, ume are repeated).
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- summary of Verlust Und Ersatz;
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- idea of the verse;
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