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

Nylig i Rusk og Slud, paa Dybet, af gyngende Bræt slængt,
Giennempidsket af Regn, ganske fortumlet af Storm;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbXXXcaXdbXXeXXXeXbXXXXXXXXXXdXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXfdXcXXXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 56,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111111011011 100011110011 111111111001 111101111001 10101101011011 1001011010010 1011100101110010 100110111101 1011001111010111 100010111101 11110101011011 1111101011011 111111111001 101100101101011 10110111111010 1010011110001 101111011011011 11010101111001 1101011110111 11110101011010 10010011111110 1111111011001 111011100011101 1111111111110 101111111111010 101111110110010 1111111011101111 1011111110 1111111111011110 1001111101100 101101011111110 1110111011111 11100110111011 111011111001 1110111010110010 10110111110 1010111111010110 111001101101 1001111111010101 1001111011001 11101100111111 1101011101010 10001111111110 1011011111111 10111000110111100 011111001111111 101101111011110 1101111111010 1110110111111 11110110111111 01111011011011010 111111111011 1011111010011111 111100111001 1110011111110 10110101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3288
  • Average number of words per stanza: 601
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, af, er, han, vi, har, som, og, saa, den are repeated.

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

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