This is an analysis of the poem For Hans Carossa that begins with:

Losing too is still ours; and even forgetting
still has a shape in the kindgdom of transformation....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011110010 1101001001010 1101100101111 10010 0010010110010100 1 01011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of For Hans Carossa;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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