This is an analysis of the poem Gedicht Zum Neuen Jahr that begins with:
Ein bißchen mehr Friede und weniger Streit,
Ein bißchen mehr Güte und weniger Neid, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXa aXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101111001 1101111001 11011110011 1101101111 1111011011 1101111010 1111011011 11110111 1111011011 11010011010 111101011 11111111111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ein, chen, mehr, bi, und, weniger, statt are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ein, statt, kein are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Gedicht Zum Neuen Jahr;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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