This is an analysis of I Know No Better World by Ingeborg Bachmann.

Who knows of a better world should step forward.
Alone, no longer out of bravery, not wiping away this saliva,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXbabbb
  • Stanza lengths: 10,
  • Metre: 11001011110 0111010100110010010 001010101 100010101001101010 101110110 0111101100 110011111101 0100101 0010100001 00101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 10