This is an analysis of the poem Gewitter that begins with:
Der Seele klarer Himmel hängt
Voll zürnender Gedanken,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXXX babX XXXX XXXX XXXX
- 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: 1110101 110100 1101101 1111110 10011101 1110110 1111011 11111 111111111 1111010 11111111 111111110 1111100 1101100 10110101 111110 1011101 1111000 1101111 111000 1111110 111111100 101111 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; der is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word von is repeated.
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- summary of Gewitter;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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