This is an analysis of the poem Den Tillidsfulde that begins with:

Den som er uden Synd og Last
og föler Elskovs Lyst,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXaX XbbXXb cXdXXc XbeedX XbddXX eXXXeX fXeefX XXbbXX XXXbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 11101 11011101 1001111 1111111 111101 11011100 11001 11011111 1110111 11011111 01111 1111001 101101 011001 1101111 11110001 110111 1111110 11111 1101110 111111 111101 1111111 11111111 110111 11010111 110111 111101 111101 1111110 110111 1101111 1100111 11011101 11011 11111101 11101 110111 11011111 111111 111001 1111111 100100 11010111 11010101 1101101 11101 1101011 01011111 11011111 1111111 111011 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; og, er, han, saa, hvor are repeated.

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

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

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

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