This is an analysis of the poem Silhuet Af En Mulæseldriver that begins with:

Den daarlige Tjener Onofrio,
han stjal sin Fyrstes Krondiamanter,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXXX AbXX AXXX AbXX AbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100100 111101000 1111011110 11111001110 110100100 1111001110 111111110 11100111000 110100100 1101110110 11011111 11101010100 110100100 11111111110 110101101 1111110100 110100100 110111110 111111110 111001000
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; de, en are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word han is repeated.

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

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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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