This is an analysis of the poem Maaske! that begins with:
Jeg vil et Ord Dem nævne,
saa fuldt af Haab, saa fuldt af Ve,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXa XXXX XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 11111111 10111 1011 111101 1101111 111101 11110 11011111 1011111100 11111 111100 110101 1111111 1101010 11111 111110 1111111 1111110 0111111 11111101 11110001 011011 11011 110111 11111101 110101 11111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; paa, jeg are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word jeg is repeated.
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More information about poems by Hans Vilhelm Kaalund
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- Analysis of Naturens Graad
- Analysis of Naturens Uforanderlighed
