This is an analysis of the poem Bileam that begins with:
Kong Balak han sendte sine ridende Bud,
Over Mark, over Flod, over Hede,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXX aXaX XXXX bcXX aXXX XXXd XeXe aXXX XXaX XXXc XaaX XXXX XdXd XXcX aXXX fgfX fXfX XXXX XcXX XaXX XaXX hXhX iXiX XXXX aXXc XXXX AXXB AXaX XjXj iXXX bXkX HXHX XXXX XXbX XXfX AXXB AXfX XXXX aXXX XXXX XXXX HXHX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111101 101101101 11011111 10111010 11011011001 11111011 1101111011 1111111 1101111110 100011011 111111110 11110110 111110101 11111111 11101001011 101111110 11111011111 11111111 101111111 110101 11111011110 111111 111111110 111011011 11011111 111001011 11111111 1101111 10001011011 11111101 1111101111 1111111 11011011011 111011011 11111011 11101111 111101111 11111001 1100111011 11111111011 11011011110 11111111 1111001111 110001100 1001111001 11101111 111111111 11101111 111111101 111111 1001111111 111011001 1110011011 11111101 1111101111 10111001 1101011001 1011101 10011011111 11101110 110111111 11011011 1101111001 111011111 10111101 11101111 11111011011 11111110 11010011011 11111110 11111111001 101101110 11011011111 11110111 1111111010111 101011001 11011111011 11111011 1111111011 10111110 1101110011 11101101 111110111 11111011 10111011 100011111 1111111011 11011111 11001011011 110101 110111101 111011001 1101101101 11101110 1101101111 10111110 1100111111 101011110 1111001111 10011111 1001101111 11111111 1111011011 1101010 111111101 11111011 11001110001 10110101 1001111011 1100111 1101111001 10101111 110111111 1110111110 1100111001 101111110 1111111001 111111 111101101 11001101 101101101 10111010 1111010001 111111 1111111001 101110110 1101111010 101010010 11010011111 11110011 110010111 101001111 101101101 110111 1101111111 10111111 1101101110 1011111 11010011001 1111111 111111101 11111011 11001110001 10110101 1001111011 1100111 11011011101 11101111 10011011001 111011011 11110011011 111011001 1101101011 101110110 1101111111 11001100 1100111111 11111101 11111011001 101011011 1111111010 1110111100 111011111 101101010 1111111001 101110110 1101111010 101010010 11010011111 11110011 110010111 101001111 101101101 110111 110111111 11101101 1101101110 1011111 1110011001 10111111 11110111 10101110 1101110101 101111011 1001111011 11101101 110101101 1110111 11001011111 1100110100 11011011001 111101110 110111111 111101001 111101110 11101001 111111101 1100111 11011111 1001110 11011011 1111111 10000110011 110001110 1101111101 1111110 11111111 11101011 11010011111 11101101 1101011011 11101111 11111011011 111111110 111111111 111110110 10110101 111101111 11011011011 111001110 1001101011 101001011 010101101 11101101 110111001 10101110 110111010 100111010 110111111 1111111 110111001 11101101 11111111111 1111011 1111011001 11111011 11011111001 10111101 110111110 10001010
- Amount of stanzas: 59
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 266
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; over, i, han, skal, er, din, den, hans, var, som are repeated.
The author used the same words vi, i, hans, kong at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Bileam;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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