This is an analysis of the poem Cantate that begins with:
Hoc ridere meum, tam nil, nullâ tibi vendo Iliade.«
Persius....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XX XX X aaXXXXbXX c XXdXXXXXXXbXXXXXX X XeXXaX X XXXXXXXXXfXXXXfXXXXXaaXX X XeXXXX X XXXcXXX X XXXXX c XdXX XXXX aeXa bXXg gXXc XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,1,9,1,17,1,6,1,24,1,6,1,7,1,5,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101111111010 10 1101111100 10001001 10100 10110 1110 11011 110111 11110 10111100 1101001 110001 10110 10 10100 11101 1101111 11100011 111110111 1100011111 110010000 1011110 110110011 11011100 1111101 11011111 11011111 11011111 111 111111 1000 1011 1101111 110101111 111011 1110010 100111010 1101110100 1000 11111101 11011100 10011110 11111111 1111011 01111111 11101101 010100010 111001000 10010101110 111111101 11011111010 1001100110 100011000 110001011 0101011 11010101010 1111110 11000100 1100110 10100110 1111011110 1101001100 1101011110 1100 100110 110111 11011 110100 111110 111000 10 1101101 1111100 1111111 111111110 1110111 111011 100111000 1 11010101 11001110 100111 1101111 111111001 110 1101111 1101111 1111010 111111 1111101 1111000 111111 1111010 1101110 11111111 11011110 111110 1110101 1111100 011110 1101111 11110111 1111110 11011111 1011110 1111010 11011111 11011 1111000
- Amount of stanzas: 23
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 110
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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, de, rer, fra, jeg, han, mig are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, den, hans, at, jeg are repeated.
The author used the same word en at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rer is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Cantate;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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