This is an analysis of the poem Frage Nicht that begins with:

Wie sehr ich dein, soll ich dir sagen?
Ich weiß es nicht und will nicht fragen;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111110 111110110 1110101 111111 11111100 11111100 1101110 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 273
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; ich is repeated.

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  • summary of Frage Nicht;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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