This is an analysis of the poem I Afrika that begins with:

Jeg er ovre i Marokko!
er det ei et Eventyr?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXAXXXXXXXXXXXbXbXAXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011100 0111100 10110010 1111001 1011110 101111 11100110 10111110 101111 111111 111111 100010 111111 1011110 1100011 11110 101011 101111 111000 1110110 1110101 101111 101011110 10011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 711
  • Average number of words per stanza: 127
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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; er is repeated.

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

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