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

Paa denne Tid, da Kongevælde
Tidt stævnes ind for Dommerskranken,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXXX bXbc XXXX XXXd XXbX XXXd XXXX XaXX XXXX XbXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXd XXXX XbXX XXXX XXXX XdXd XddX XXdX XXdX XcXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 11111000 1111111 110111110 11011101 100101110 11101110 1101110 11001001 1011100 1101101 1001001 11111010 1101100 1110110 1111101 1011001 110111000 1111001 110101010 1110111 1001001 1101101 1101111 110110010 111101100 11001110 110111010 1101111111 110101110 1101011 11001010 111111010 11010110 100111110 111110010 11011011 1110111 11111110 1100011 1110111 1110101 10011110 11101100 11011111 1111101 1101111 11111101 11111110 1101101 1111111 11011101 1101111 11101110 1111010 1011110 111110 11011111110 10110111 11011111010 11001111 11110111 11110011 11110100 11110101 11111101 11100110 1000110000 111001010 1110101 11111010 10111111 0110110 011011 100101010 1100011 1101101 10110011110 111111011 110101110 111111 11101110 11111110 110111100 1111110 10111111 11111110 11000011 111111010 111111111 110111110 11110100 10110111 11101110 11111110 11111110 11011110 101101110 101111010 11111110 1011101 1111110 1101111 111110010 11100111 11111110 11111 11111111 111110000 10011 110101110 11011111 1001101 11111100 10111110 1111111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 29
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 116
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; en, han, dig, og, saa, jeg are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word jeg at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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