This is an analysis of the poem Nils Finn that begins with:
Now little Nils Finn had away to go;
The skis were too loose at both heel and toe....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aab cXb aXb ccb ddb Xab eeb aab ffb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101110101 0101111111 101101010 11011001101 1010011110110 11101010 11001101101 1010111110010 101101010 11111101001 0101111111 100101010 11101111111 01111101011 101101010 0111110111100 11011001011 101101010 01101101011 111011111101 1010001010 01111101011 111111111001 1011001010 11001101101 11101111101 100101010
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; you, he are repeated.
The author used the same word nils at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word yonder at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Nils Finn;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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