This is an analysis of the poem Die Dans Van Die Reen that begins with:
O die dans van ons Suster!
Eers oor die bergtop loer sy skelm,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110 11110111 11101 11110 1111111111 110111110 1011 11111111 111111110111101 1101111 111110 111110 11111 111111111111 11011011111111 111101110 1010110111011100 1111 1110010110111 111001101110 111111 1111001111 11011111 1111110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 889
- Average number of words per stanza: 175
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; sy, die, hulle, en, haar, van are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words en, sy are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase sy connects the lines.
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