This is an analysis of the poem Ved Kundskabs-Træet, Uretviis that begins with:

Ved Kundskabs-Træet, uretviis,
Vor Fiende ud af Paradis...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXX XXXbbXXX XccXXXXXX XccXdXXXX XXadXXdXX XeeXfXXXX XXXXXfXXX XXXdaXdbX XaaXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101100 1111010 1101100 11011101 10101011 010100 111110 100111 1110101 1101101 1100100 1101101 110111 1111010 111110 100111 1 1010101 1111011 111101 11100110 1101101 111101 111110 100111 1 1101011 1111111 101100 1101101 0101101 100010 111110 100111 1 1111111 101111 110110 1110111 1111101 1111110 1111110 111101 1 1001101 11110011 11110 11110001 11011111 101110 1111100 110010 1 10110101 111011 110101 11111111 11010001 11111 110110 10100 1 11011111 1101111 11111 1110101 1110011 111111 1101011 111000 1 111011 111111 110101 10001000 10010111 111101 111110 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 79
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; vi, os, med are repeated.

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

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

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

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  • summary of Ved Kundskabs-Træet, Uretviis;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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