This is an analysis of the poem Kanalbillede that begins with:

Et evigt Tab af Minutter.
Viseren lister Skiven rundt,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXaX XbXXbXXX aXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,5,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011100 10010101 111 10110 11011100 010110110 0101101111 1101101 1001011 0101100 110011001 11111010 11010111 1011001 1001011 01011111 100111111 11111 10010101 1101101110 1100111 1101111 111110 1100110 1001101 11111010 11010110 110111101 1110110 111101 111010 111111 111101 11011 11110 111111 111100 1101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, og are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Kanalbillede;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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