Her Vil Ties, Her Vil Bies by Hans Adolph Brorson: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Her Vil Ties, Her Vil Bies that begins with:

Her vil ties, her vil bies
Her vil bies, o svage Sind!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXb XXXXb XXXXb XXXXb XXXXb XXXab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011011 011111 11011111 11111101 01111 1101010 10101111 1011001 10011101 11011 101111 1111101 11011001 10011111 10111 1011 11101 11111111 11111110 10111 11010 0101111 1011101 10111011 1111 111111 111111 110101100 11001111 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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; her, vil, nu, lad, kkes are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word c at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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