This is an analysis of the poem Den Store Plads Uden For Sultanens Slot that begins with:

Aladdin.
Nu skal I see! Nu er min Time kommen....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbXXXXXc dX aXXbXXbXX aX aeb aX aXXXXX aXX XeXXXaXXXeX afcdXeXbX eXXXX aeaXXXX XX XX XXX abfXbXX Xb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,2,9,2,3,2,6,3,11,9,5,7,2,2,3,7,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010 1111101110 11111111 11100111 111011111 1101111111110 1111111110 110110111 10111101111 01111101 11 1101 010 101110 11111101 1101111111 110111101 1101111110 11001111011 111111111 1111 10 11110 010 1111111100 111111101 10 1101 010 011 10111111 1101011111 10 11111011101 10 1111111111 110111010 0101000 111111110 0111100111 11111111110 11000111 110111111 1011101 11 111110101 1111111010 1110111000 010 100111011011001110111011 1111111101 10111110 1110011100 10 11111101010 111111111 11011111101101001101111111101 110110 1101100101 10111110010 1111011010 1011101111 010 11101111110 1011010 101111110 1010101 110011101 11010 10 111 01010 111011 10 110 110100 010 1111 011 010101100 11000111001 1111011100 1 10 11101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 85
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; i, nu, mig, paa, du, jeg, den, en, een are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words nu, du are repeated.

    The author used the same word aladdin at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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