Kom Mi Bette Kipkal by Jeppe Aakjaer: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Kom Mi Bette Kipkal that begins with:

A haar tjent Jens Masen
no halvanden Or,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXbX XcXc XXXX cXcX XXXX bXXX XXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011110 11001 110110 11111 01111 01111 11111 1101 011110 01111 11110 1111 10111 11100 1111 10101 111011 0111 11011 1101 111010 11101 10101 11100 101011 11101 01011 11111 1101111010 11101 111010 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 84
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • 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; hans is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Kom Mi Bette Kipkal;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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