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

Vinnig langs die paadjie trippel Mabalêl;
vrolik klink die liedjie...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXX XaXXXXXX XbXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXccXXXX aabXXXXXXXc XXXXXXXXXcXXX XXXdXXXXXX XX XXXeeXccXbXXX XXdXXX dddXXXaXXd XXXXXX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,8,11,12,11,13,10,2,13,6,10,6,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111010 10111 1110011100100 1110110 1110111 1111110 0100100 1011100 101111 1111110 101111 1000101 110111 1001100 1110011110 111001 1110100 1101110011 1100100 1110 0111111 01111110 111001110 111010 11101100 111110 11110 101010 1111111 111110111 111100 01110110 100111 1101100 110011110 11110110 1101110111 1100111111 11001100 11011101 1111010 011110 111011 101101 101111 11111001 1110111 01011110 111001 111101 1110110 1010110 1011101101 1100101 1010111 1101111 110101100 1011111 101101 11101111 1011101 10101 11101 01110110 100111110 011110 1111110 1111001 011100 110111 1101100 1110110 11101 1111101 111100 101111 1011100 10111110 111010 111110101 111010 11100110 11101010 1010100 1010111111 111011111 110010111111 1110111 111010 1110111 111101 11110 1110010 1110001 10110110 111010 101001 111101 011101 111111 111111011 111010 1010100 1100111 1010101 11101 111111 101110 1011100 111011 110110 111101 110011100 1011100 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 269
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 115
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; die, van, en, in, 'n are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words is, wat, deur, staar, as are repeated.

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

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