This is an analysis of the poem Afrika 2 that begins with:
Ha, Skiebne! hvi est du mig saa imod?
Min Haand er mat af sit forgieves Værk;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXaXaXXbXXXXaXaXcXabXXXXXXXdXXXXXX eXeXeX XXaXX Xd XXXXXXfXgcXX XXXXX XaXXX XaXgXfXXXXXXXXaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 41,6,5,2,12,5,5,17,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101110 1101111001 11111010101 101101001 10111001 110111111 111111110 1011111 101100101 11010110 111101001 111111 010101110 1111111110 111101101 111111110 1011011110 111110111 1111110001 10111010 010100111 1110111110 1100110100110 110101010 110011 11011111 101011010 101101110 11111010 10010011 11101011110 111100111 11011010 111110100 1111111 10010011 1011101110 1101101110 1011001 01101111 01011111110 1010 11011011 01010101110 1101011110 110111010 1101110110 100 1001011100 11111100110 111001111 11111 10 1100 100 00111001111 11010111 1001100110 1001110100 11010111 1100110011 1111100111 110010111 101111111 111010011 10111111 10 111110111 110101111 11110111 1101101001 100 010111100 1011111111 1111011101 1 1010110 110111100110 110110011 111001101 11001111 11010111010 1001111001 1111111010 1101011101 1101111100 111111111 1011111001 1111001101 111100111 101101101 1101001111 101110111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 420
- Average number of words per stanza: 79
- Amount of lines: 93
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg, et, den, du, mig, d, og are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words du, om are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Afrika 2;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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