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

Nicht ein jeder wagt zu richten
Meister, so in Farben dichten,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXaaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101110 10101010 1110101 1110111 1111101100 1111110 11100110 1111010 1111111 1111101 10101010 11101100 10111110 1010111 111101 1100010 101111 1011 1111110 11101000 1011110 1001111 1101110 10111100 1011111 1011001 111110 1111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 856
  • Average number of words per stanza: 159
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; zu is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word und is repeated.

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

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

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