This is an analysis of the poem Epilog [ej Blot Til Lyst! Saa Sige Vi, Naar Lystig Skjemt] that begins with:
Ej blot til Lyst! saa sige vi, naar lystig Skjemt
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXaaXXbXXXXXbXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111111101 11011111011 111011111 1111011001 111110100110 110001111010 1110110010 11010111011 1001010111 101101100 1101011111 1110111110 11110111111 11001111110 11011110111 110100011101 1100011100 11110111001 110111111110 111111011110 11010111010 11111101111 11100111110 110101111101 110111110111 11110010111 1011111110 1101111101100 1111111011 10111111101 11111001011 11111111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1493
- Average number of words per stanza: 291
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; til, man, med, nu are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words naar, nu are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines re, ges, rte are repeated).
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More information about poems by Steen Steensen Blicher
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- Analysis of Epilog [her Har Skyldfri Skjemt Sin Bolig]
