This is an analysis of the poem Aladdins Kammer that begins with:

Aladdin.
Knap tilstæder mig min Harme her at tale Ordet ud....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbXbXXXcXXdbXXXcaXdc XbXaXXa XXXXXXXXXXXX aXXeXaXfXXeegX XXX XXXXXe XeXfXXb aXXbcXXegd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,7,12,14,3,6,7,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010 110111011101 111011111011 10100111100101 11111110111100 11011111101 111111111111 11001111110111 1010111111110100 1111111011111 110010101111111 1010001110111 1110111011111 11101010111010 10111110101 11100110111111 11111111111100 1111011011111 1110111111001 1111110101100 11111101110111 101111001011101 10 101011101111101 101110111101 1100110110110101100011110101100111010011101010 111111011111 1010110111010 11001100 10 1011110 1101010101 1101111001 1110010111 1101111001 1010111101 1111011111 111011101 111111111001 11111110 1011010101 010 101110111101 10111010 1101010101 1101111110 11101111 1111111010 0111101011 1111011100 111001010 11010111 0111110111 1111111011 10101 10 010110101100 1111110110 01010 111101111 10011111 010011000 1110101000 11011 10 1101 111011110 1111011110 111111111 10111011010 111011110 010 11001011101011 1101010111 111101110 111101111 110101101 111111 101110111 1111010 110011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 429
  • Average number of words per stanza: 84
  • Amount of lines: 81
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; til, og, r, som, de are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines mig is repeated).

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

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