This is an analysis of the poem Den Stakkelse Blindebuk! Han Gjør Sit Bedste that begins with:
Den stakkelse Blindebuk! Han gjør sit Bedste
Han lytter, standser, vender sig i Hast,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaX XaaX XXX XXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101001111 1101010111 110111011 10111111 011010111 1101111001 1101101111 1111010111 1011111001 1111010111 10110111 11011110 101100100 1111110110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; han, her, nu are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nu is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ste, kken, iet are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ste at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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