This is an analysis of the poem Mein Türkenkopf that begins with:

Mein Pfeifchen traut, mir ist dein Rauch,
Voll duftender Narkose,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXAB XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX aXAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 110010 11011111 11001 111111111 11011 101111 11110100 1111101 11110 10110101 11101 1111100 1101000 10110110 1110100 1111100 111100 1011111 1100010 11111001 11111 1101101 110111 11011111 110010 11011111 11001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Mein Türkenkopf;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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