This is an analysis of the poem An Der Bahre Der Geliebten that begins with:

Blaß und auf immer stumm, auf immer! liegst du
Hingestreckt, o Geliebte, auf der Bahre!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXab XXXX aXXX cXXX cbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111010 100110111 111011010 11100 101110100 1111001010 1111100111 1110 10010101110 111011110 1100111010 10110 1011101011 1100110101 1010111111 10100 111111 1111101111 1111001011 1011 1101111 1111101110 1111001011 10010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; auf is repeated.

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  • summary of An Der Bahre Der Geliebten;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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