This is an analysis of the poem Seele Im Raum that begins with:
It sat between my husband and my children.
A place was set for it—a plate of greens. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdccefagahfbfibfgbbigjbjffakk diljfjem hnhhfo Xb f jfolXjn bccf nigfbcffc X gmm oojfXdogae
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 31,8,6,2,1,7,4,9,1,3,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01011101110 0111100101 01011110 1111101101 1101111110 01101111110 01111010111 11001110 110101010 11110101110 100010111110 01011111110 1011110011 10111110101 1011001011 01101011101 11110001001 11001010111 0010111101 1100110101 10001110110 001111001 11111100110 11110 101 11111110 1001010111 11110101111 110111110 10111011101 11111011101 110100101 11001011111 1101111110 111111010 1111 11110 10101011101 10100101101 0010 001011110101 10010111110 11111100010 1101110 011 01001010101110 10101111001 010110110 00101101010 0011000011101 1001 110 1111110111 1101111011000 011101000101 1110111 10011111 111100101 1101111111 011100111001 111101010111 100101001101 01101001101 010101010111 10111010010 111001010101 1111110001 1011000 10101110101 0010 1111111101 11011011 11111110011 11111000101 00110001 100101 11011100001010 0 01111 001 10010101010 0111011111
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 92
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; it, i, not, of, they, me, and, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, and, it, from are repeated.
The author used the same word it 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 it, heard, breathe, so are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases it, heard, from connect the lines.
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