This is an analysis of the poem Feierlicher Protest that begins with:

Ihr schwatzt mir viel von LebenszweckeAnnotaten,
Von Lebensziel und Ruhetag,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXa XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111000000 11001100 11111000 11111101 11011000 111111 111011110 10000100 111111000 11010101 11110101 11111101 11111110 1101111 11111 11111100 10111110 1100011 111101100 1111101 110111010 11111100 11111000 0101010 110111010 11111101 11111000 11000100 111010110 11010100 010111101 11110111011 11111100 1111110 11111100 111111 110101100 11101111 101100100 11010101 10111110 111001 10111111 11111100 10111100 11110101 10111110 1101111 11101111 1111111 10110110 11010100 111111000 10011111 111110100 10111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; und, der are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word der is repeated.

    The author used the same words da, ich, indes at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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