This is an analysis of the poem Apothek that begins with:

Aladdin.
God Dag, min Ven! Aa vil I give mig...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc XXd ac XdXXeb abX XXX aXX XX aXa XXXdXXXX XX XX aX XX aX XXd aXXXXf XXXXXX aggX XhXXaaXX aaX XXXXX XXXXa XX aeXXdXeh XXXba aXXX XfXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,2,6,3,3,3,2,3,8,2,2,2,2,2,3,6,6,4,8,3,5,5,2,8,5,4,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010 111111111 1101101101 10000 11100 11011010101110 010 11101111 10000 11010101110 101111101 1101010100 1101110101 10011 010 111 111 10000 1111101 1111110 010 111 111111101 10000 11011101 010 110 111111110 1000010 110110101 110111111 111111110 1111111011 110101110 1101110 1101111010 01010 1 10000 1 010 1 10000 1 010 10 10000 11 11100110 010 111011001 1101111111 1111011 10100 101101111 10000 11111 101101111 111111100 111111100 1111111000 010 1110111111 111111101 1101111 1000010 110 1101111 110110001 11111111 110101011 11010111110 1101100 010 111101110 111101111 1000010 111111111 111111011 1111101111 11011110 01010010 1111111111 111111111 1100110111 111111101110 10000 0101011110 010 11111111 10011011100 1110111110 1111101110 110111100 110111111 110100111 10000 101111010 1111110111 111101111 11011010 010 1011111110 11111001110 1 10000 1101 11101110100 1110011100 111110100 11111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 28
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 111
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; du, andre, det, i, jeg, den, at are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word saa is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word fluer at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Apothek;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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