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

When ich Dich liebe was geht es Dich an?
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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcCdeed Xbbcffc Xeegaag Xaahbbh biicjjX bbbgbbg Xbbdjjd Xkkgbbg XccXkkd kjjhiih bllXjjj XcCcccc Xllceec Xccgjjg XjjXaaa Xeehiih Xeegiig Xaagccg XaagcXg Xeegmmg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111111 1 010100101 0100100101 101101110 101101001 100111101 01010010 1 011101111 110100111 111010011 111011111 0100101101 10110011 1 110110111 1110100101 011011010 110100101 011101101 101110010 1 110101111 10100110111 010111010 100100111 1110100111 111110110 1 11101011111 11001011111 110110110 11110011011 11001011101 1111110110 1 110111101 101011101001 1010011010 10101101101 10101100111 1010011010 1 11101111101 101001101101 101101010 11110100101 0011101111 101110110 1 0010110111 11111110100 0011010110 11101001001 01001011011 111110110 1 100110101 10100110111 11011100 1011001101 101101011 11101010 1 1111011001 1101110111 1101010110 101011011011 01111101011 110010110 1 11011001101 001101011101 11110110100 01011101011 11001001001 110010010 1 010100101 0100100101 111100110011 110100111 0011100101 010010110 1 11101001111 0100100001001 1010010010 111111101 1101101111 11010100110 1 1110111001 101001011101 1011111110 1110111001 111111101111 1011110010 1 111100111 10111101001 0010110100 1011100101 011111001 010010010 1 1101101101 1111101001 1111110010 11110100101 11111100101 100010010 1 001100101 10111001 111001010 110100111 1101100101 11110010 1 11011101 11100111 111011010 110100101 1110010111 1110011010 1 1111111001 1010111101 11100111110 1101111011 110011010100 0111011010 1 1111101101 1111111101 11111010010 1111011111 1001101001 0011110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 141
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, sun, and, last, as, white are repeated.

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases i, rain connect the lines.

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