This is an analysis of the poem Unser Gott that begins with:

They held a great prayer-service in Berlin,
And augured German triumph from some words...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeefgXgeXbceg gX hiXcjegcfXieakXXa hichgkbaXiabhaXcX cjljcgkgggdhldbedgeXicca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,2,17,17,24,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101110001 11001010011 1001010101 0100110111 1101000101 01001100101 1100010111 1001110101 1101010101 1111110101 0101110101 0101111111 0111000101 1101010011 1101110101 111111101 1101110101 1111011010 1111111111 1101100101 1111011101 0111010101 0101 111111 1101010111 1100010101 0101010111 0101011111 1111010101 1101110101 0100111101 0101011100 110100011 1101010101 1100010101 1100101111 1001011101 1101111111 1111110111 1101010111 1011110100 1111111111 1101110101 1011110111 0101000111 1101111111 0111011001 0111000101 1101010101 11110101100 1101011111 010100 1001 0111011111 0101010101 0101110111 11010100001 1101111101 11010101000 0101001111 1111100101 1101010111 0101010011 101111101 01010000111 1101010111 0101100011 1111010101 1111011111 1111011111 1101010101 0101110001 1101111101 0111110101 1010101111 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 641
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, of, or, god are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines god is repeated).

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

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

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