This is an analysis of the poem Der Seelenkranke that begins with:
Ich trag im Herzen eine tiefe Wunde
Und will sie stumm bis an mein Ende tragen;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11110111 101111111110 11110101010 1111011111 11111111 10111110 1111011010 111011011 11011111100 1111111 11011111110 11111101010 111110101 1111111100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; ich is repeated.
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- summary of Der Seelenkranke;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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