This is an analysis of the poem Magda Goebbels (30 April 1945) that begins with:
(After Dr. Haase gave them shots of morphine, Magda gave each child an ampule of potassium cyanide from a spoon.)
This is the needle that we give...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme:
- Stanza lengths (in strings):
- Closest metre:
- Сlosest rhyme:
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- Guessed form:
- Metre:
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 97
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; or, you, your, when, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, when, you are repeated.
The author used the same words this, you 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 you is repeated).
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