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

Der Traum war so wild, der Traum war so schaurig
So tief erschütternd, unendlich traurig....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXX XXXXXXXX XaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111110 111010010 111110 11111001 1111101 110111110 1111110 1110010100 11111110 1110110100 111110000 11100110 1111 11011111101 1111011101 111111000 1111101110 111111110100 010111110 11111110000 11111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; so, ich, sie are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words da, ich are repeated.

    The author used the same word ich at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines hab, ttet are repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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