This is an analysis of the poem An Einen Langweiligen that begins with:

Unnahbar sind die Mächte, unbezwingbar,
Die dir getreu, gleich Sklaven, schwerbejochten,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001111000 11101101000 111101100 1110111111100 11001111010 11011101000 1100110110 1111111100100 10110101110 1101110110 10111101110 1111111101110 1111110011 101110101 1111000 1111100011 11000111100 110111011100 1111111101 1111100 11110101100 111110100 11001111 11000110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; zu, der are repeated.

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

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  • summary of An Einen Langweiligen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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