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

Jeg er gal!
Men jeg kjender mit Vanvid,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXXbXXX cXXXXXXXXcXXXXXXdXXXXXefXXXXXcXfbX XXXXfXXgXXXXdXXcXXXXcXfXhhXXX XcXgXeXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,34,29,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 111011110 110111 10111111 111101 111011 010111 11011100 11101111 111010 111110 111 1111001 111001 110001 1001010 1111101101 110111 11011110 110101 1111111001 110001 11010100 11101 11101011 101 101 111101 1111 111010 110111011000 11011011 110110 1111111 11101010 10111 10101 11111111 11001000 1010 110111 101101 1101010 11101111 11011 111111 011011010 111111 110110 1111 111100101 1011011111111 111111 11101111 111111 1111101 101111 11111110 1101110 1111101 111101 111101101 11010 1010 110111010 1101100 1011 1011 1111111 10111010 110011 1111 110111 11110 101 1111111 11111 111010010 111111111 1111101 1101110 10110 110111 1110111 1111 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 589
  • Average number of words per stanza: 114
  • Amount of lines: 86
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; jeg, det, saa, op, vil, strenge are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words mest, saa, og are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines tanke, jern are repeated).

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

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