This is an analysis of the poem Zuneignung that begins with:

Wem ich die Blumen meines Sanges streue,
Forscht Ihr von mir, und seht mich fragend an?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXXa XbXXXbaX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010101 1111111101 11111111 11111100 111101101 111111110 111111100 11011101010 110110110 111111101 11010111010 1101111001 1111101000 010101101 11101111 1111110001 11110111100 1111111 111111110 110111101 111111110 1101010101 11111111100 1111101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 342
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ich is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Zuneignung;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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