This is an analysis of the poem Blomst Underskiøn that begins with:

Greven
Jeg kiender en Blomst, saa underskiøn,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXX XXXXaXX abXbcXXX XXXdXeeX XXXXXXXX XaXaXcdX XXfXfXXc XXXXXXXX XbXbXXaX XdXcXXXX XXfXXXX XXcfXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 110111100 1110110 11111111 1111011 11110111 111111100 1111100 111011 11011 1111100 01101 1111011 1110101 11111101 10 1100111 10101010 01010101 01110 11110101 11010101 10111 10 1100111 11111 11000101 11110 11011000 101111111 11110 10 1001011 1001110 11010101 11110 11110101 10111011 111111 10 11111111 1111110 111111 110100 1101110 1101111 1011111 100 11111001 11011 11011101 111111 110001101 1110011 1101010 10 1111001 101101 11111101 11111 11110101 01010100 101110 10 11111101 111111010 1111111 1101110 1101011 110111111 111101 10 111111 1111100 1101111110 11110 1111001 11011000 110110 111011 1111 1101111 111101 11011101 110110111 1111110 11110101 011110 1111110 1101111 110101101 110111011 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 239
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 93
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; den, de, du, og, der are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words han, du, snart are repeated.

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

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

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

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