This is an analysis of the poem Afrika 3 that begins with:
Aladdin
ligger og sover i en stor Have, under et skiønt Æbletræe. I Baggrunden hans Pallads. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX bXX XXX XXXcdeXXd XXXXaXfXXX XXXX aXX Xf aXX XXX XXXXX aXXXXXdXXXXeXcc XXXeXgXddXXXXgb ah Xh XXX XXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,3,9,10,4,3,2,3,3,5,15,15,2,2,3,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010 101101111101111100110 10 11111001111 10011011 10 11111001010 110101 1011 11111011010 11011101 1111101101 10110011 11101001011 11011010 1101111011 11001011 01010 1101111 11101011 1101011111110 01110011110 1101110101 101 111001101111 11101111 101110110 10110 101101111 10001101010 1101100101 010 1011101 10 10 1110011 010 110111111 10 10 11111 111101101011100010101 11 11111 1011010 1110111 1011101 11 1001000 111111 111111 101111 1110111 1011101 1111101 111010 1111110 111100 101111 10110111 101111 111111 10 1110111 111100 1011111 1011111 1011111 1010011000 1011111 1101011 111111 1111101 111101 101010 110111 1111110 10 1110111 10 1111111 1 101111 1110100 1 11111 1011010 1110111 1011101
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 89
- 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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, det, er, hurtig, dt are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, gulnare are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines dt, gulnare, y are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase gulnare connects the lines.
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- summary of Afrika 3;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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