This is an analysis of the poem Buhl that begins with:
Glat var din Kind, da første Gang
Du ind i Kæmperækken sprang;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AaXXbX AaXXXX AXXXXX AaXXXX AXXXbX AaXXXX AacXXb AXXcXX aaXXXX bXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111 011101 11011101 110111 11001010 01011000 1111111 1101111 1011011 111110 111011 101110 1111111 0110101 11011111 011111 11010100 0111100 11111101 0111001 111111 01010001 1110101 010101 11111101 010111 110011 111111 111111110 01111110 11111101 0110101 1111111 01010111 111100 011111 1111111 1101001 1100111 11110 101111110 111101010 1111111 01010101 111111 1111101 101101010 111010 1111111 0101011 11011111 101111 110101100 111011010 1111111 110110 111111 101111 11001100 1101101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; din, mod, af are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word mod is repeated.
The author used the same words glat, h, ild at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de, den, k, rdet are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word den at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Buhl;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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