This is an analysis of the poem Distraction that begins with:

Da Don Alonso fandt i
Slotshaugen, uformodet,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXa bbXX XXXX XXXX XbXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011 1001000 1101000 011110 111101 01101 110101 01101 1101010 1101010 110111 1110010 111000 110111 1111000 111001 1111110 0111 110001 11101 11101 101110 101100 1011000 01010 1101110 0110 010110 1111110 1101010 111110 110010 1111110 1101010 11111 1011000 111111 11111 101101 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, han, rte are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word og 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 skimted is repeated).

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  • summary of Distraction;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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