This is an analysis of the poem Vanitas that begins with:
Eitles Trachten, eitles Ringen
Frißt dein bißchen Leben auf,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXX XXaX XbXb XXXX XcXc XXXX
- 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: 10101010 1110101 11100010 111111 1011111 1101100 1010111 1111111 1011000 101100 1010110 1010111 11111 111111101 11111111 1011111 1111111 11111011 101111 1011111 11111111111 1011101 111110 1011011 1110111 10111111 111111 100110
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; und, dir are repeated.
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