Question

You gave me hyacinths first a year ago;

'They called me the hyacinth girl'
--Yet when we came back, late, from the Hyacinth garden,
Your arms full, and your hair wet, I could not
Speak and my eyes failed, I was neither
Living nor dead, and I knew nothing,
Looking into the heart of light, the silence.
Oed' und leer das Meer."

When reading this text, which features would help you ascertain what kind of text it is?

Answer 1

Answer: indentation, the fact that it’s written in verse, sentences which around to the next line without completion...

Explanation: this is correct on edge