This is an analysis of the poem Protest that begins with:

Wenn ich verachte heimliches Verschwören,
Und wenn ich hasse Meuchelmörderhand,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XaXX XaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010010 11111000 1011000100 1110110 1111011000 100110011 110111110 11110110110 1101111010 11011111 111111110 1111011010 111101100 1111111 111101111 1111001000
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; wenn, f are repeated.

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

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