This is an analysis of the poem Identity that begins with:
When Hans Hofmann became a hedgehog
somewhere in a Germany that has...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcbdbeeXcbfdbfaXXXXXbXXgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111001011 110010011 1000101100 111100110 101001011 100101111 011110100 100101010 011010110 101000100 111101010 110011010 101101010 111101011 010100100 111010101 111111011 110011101 100111001 010110110 011111011 1100111001 101011111 111110110 111001011000 011111001 100011111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1004
- Average number of words per stanza: 188
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; his is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines them is repeated).
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- summary of Identity;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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