This is an analysis of the poem Afskeden I Bamyan that begins with:

Tre Dage var jeg atter i Bamyan Gæst;
Een Ridder kun mig fulgte, og det var John Præst. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX Xa XX Xa XX aa XX XX XX XX aa XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111101101 11011111111 0110001101 0110101011 11111011001 11111110001 110011011010 11111001011 110101111111 111100111101 110111111111 110010011011 1101101111111 1100011111 1111110011 110110110111 110111101 11011111111 11000111111 101111001 1101111011 110011110001 1101110100 011100110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines st, n are repeated).

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  • summary of Afskeden I Bamyan;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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