This is an analysis of the poem De Boglærde Stundom Har Maadelig Sands! that begins with:

De Boglærde stundom har maadelig Sands!
de gruble paa Leeg, og paa Viin, og paa Dands;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaA XXXbaa XXXXaA bbXXaA XXXXaA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 011011001 0111111111 1101100101 11110111 010111111 1101101111 1011101111 1100101101 1111001001 10111111001 010111111 1101101111 111011100 11111101 1101101101 11111110 010111111 1101101111 11011001001 11110011011 111101101 110011101 010111111 1101101111 100011101 110110111 1101011111 11011011011 010111111 1101101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; og, de, paa, den, vi, der are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word an at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of De Boglærde Stundom Har Maadelig Sands!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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