This is an analysis of the poem Digteren Og Daarskaben that begins with:

En sludfyldt December med hujende Blæst,
som om Byen og Havet holdt Skabelsesfest,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaXbXXXXXXXX CXdXdXXXXX CXXXXe XfggXXfX ffXXeXXXXX hhXfXXXX XXgXggXXXXaX XXXbXX XaXXfiX XXXbXfiibXXX XXXXiXXXXXXXXXXXXX X XXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXXaX XXXX X XXXXbXXXXdXXjjXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,10,6,8,10,8,12,6,7,12,18,1,6,5,8,4,1,16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101101 11111011000 1101111101 11111111 11110111 110110111 11111010111 1001000101 11111011111 1111111111 1101111 10111011 111111010 11010100 111101010010 111101111 111101111 110011101 110110111 111101111 1110111101 1111011011 1110111011 1111 111101010010 111101111 01011110 1111011111 010111101 111111101 111111101 111111111 1111011 111011110 1111001110 111001111 1111101111 1111001011 11011111 11011000011 11111100111 11111101111 111010110101 1100111001 11011011111 110111101 1111111101 10111011011 111111111 001111111 11111011111 11111110111 11001100 111111100 1101111010 11010010110 1111011111 1100101111 1111111 1011011111 10111001110 111111101 1110011000 11101111110 11011111000 1000110101 0111111101 111111010110 1110111011 1011101111 1101101111 1101110101 110101111 111011111 11001001 1011011001 111010 1101 001111011 1001001111 11111001011 1110101 100111110111 01011011011 10110111 01101001111 1011111101 11101111111 111111011 1101011001 111111110 1101011001 1111101 1011110001 1100 1101111001 111010 110110101 11011 111111100 111111 1110011100 111001 1111101001 111000 11001001 101001 11011011001 11101 11011011111 111101110 1 11111111 111011010 11010100 110110111 11111111011 1101111111 101111111001 111101101 110101100 1101101100 0110101101 010111100 11111001 11100101 1001100110 1011111 1001101011 100110001 111101100 11001100 1101111110 111011011001 01101011010 11011 10001111 11011010001 1111111 10110110101 0110111 11011011000 11001101000 110001110001 1111101101 11011010111 11011011001 11011001 11111011 010100101 1101111001 10111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 306
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 155
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; med, og, at, en, som, i, det, var, du, jeg, de, d are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word der 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 r, rmer, de, rt, d are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase dig connects the lines.

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  • summary of Digteren Og Daarskaben;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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