His published his most significant collection of war poetry, Tier rang gewaltig mit Tier (``Beast strove mightily with beast'') in 1920, in a limited edition of 1,000 copies. This short work of around 80 pages contains 60 poems based on the sonnet form, on themes of night and death. In his 1985 book in German war poetry, Patrick Bridgwater, Emeritus Professor of German at the University of Durham, described Schnack's book as ``the best single collection produced by a German war poet in 1914-1918'', and one work, ``N*chtliche Landschaft'', as the ``best poem of the war written in German''.
His published his most significant collection of war poetry, Tier rang gewaltig mit Tier (``Beast strove mightily with beast'') in 1920, in a limited edition of 1,000 copies.
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his
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publish
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advmod
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most
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significant
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obj
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collection
collection
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case
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war
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poetry
poetry
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Tier
Tier
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ring
rang
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flat
Number=Sing
gewaltig
gewaltig
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flat
Number=Sing
Mit
mit
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flat
Number=Sing
Tier
Tier
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Beast
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parataxis
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strove
strove
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VBD
advmod
mightily
mightily
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RB
case
with
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beast
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limited
limited
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JJ
obl
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edition
edition
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NN
case
of
of
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nummod
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1000
1,000
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copy
copies
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This short work of around 80 pages contains 60 poems based on the sonnet form, on themes of night and death.
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short
short
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work
work
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case
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around
around
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page
pages
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contain
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60
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poem
poems
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base
based
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case
on
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sonnet
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form
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on
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theme
themes
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of
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night
night
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death
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punct
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In his 1985 book in German war poetry, Patrick Bridgwater, Emeritus Professor of German at the University of Durham, described Schnack's book as ``the best single collection produced by a German war poet in 1914-1918'', and one work, ``N*chtliche Landschaft'', as the ``best poem of the war written in German''.
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1985
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Patrick
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Bridgwater
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Emeritus
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German
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Schnack
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collection
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produced
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poet
poet
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1914
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one
one
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work
work
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Landschaft'
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good
best
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poem
poem
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war
war
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write
written
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case
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German
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