This is an analysis of the poem En Skyggefuld, Venlig Plads, Dybt Inde I Skoven that begins with:

Det raaer jeg dig, Bølge!
At sagte du rinder,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXXXXXXbXbXX cXddXXeXcXcXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXcffcXXXXgX cXhXe XXXXf cXXXiX XXacXXiXXXXXX cXXXXiXiXXXXeX XXbXb Xgjk XXXX cXXeaXXXXXXXXXXXjXXe jXXXXXaXXXfXXXXXkkcgeakXXXXXXXXkgXXX XX jdXX XX jh XXXX jX Xa jj XXl cXX Xc cX XX XXXXXXXlXXXXXXa XhjXeaakXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,24,13,5,5,6,13,14,5,4,4,20,36,2,4,2,2,4,2,2,2,3,3,2,2,2,15,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 11010 11011 100100 110010 111 11010 1101 11011 1111 11110 11011 11010 11001 11110 11110 1110111111 10 1010101010101110011110 11110 1101 11011 1001 1101 111 1110 01111 11010 11011 110110 111110 110110 11011 1111 11011 11001 11111 11111 11111 1011 110111101101 10 11011 11111 11010 1101 1101 110010 0101 111 11111 111 1111 1001 10 11011 1101 11111 011111 10 0101 110110 110110 1111 10 11110 11111 1001011101 110110 11110 10 1101 1101 11010 1111 11111 11001 1111 1101 1101 1101 11001 11100 10 11011 11110 11011 1101 11111 1110 1011 1101 1111 1101 1111 1101 110111011111001011011000111111111110110010110111 10 110010 10111 110010 11011 1010 11011 111110 101 10111 11111 1111 110111 10 100110 11011 11111 11011 11011 11110 11011 1111 1101111 11111 11010 1111 1110 111100 1111 11010 11010 10111 1101 010 1011001111 1101010000 11011001 11011111 1111010110 11011001 0101100100 110111111 1111010101 1111111 1111011100 1111111101 11110111 11011111110 10010111010 10111101 1100110101 11011110 1111010011 111001001 111001011111 110111011 1111101010 1101110 1001110101 11100111 110101101 10111101110 1111111111 11110100 1101111011 11101111 0101111100 11110111111 100101111 10 1111001101001010111010111101110111110111100111111 010 101001 1110111010 1011 10 1110101010 010 111 10 11111 10110111010 01111 010 1111 10 110111 010 110111 10 11000 01111 10 10101 11010 1011 1010 10 10111111 10 101111 10100 11011001 110111111 1111111 11110111 10111101 010111011 1111111 1111111 1110101 1111101 111111 1111111 111111 1110011 10 11110111 11101101 1111111 111101111 1111101 1111 11111101 111111 101101101 11101101 10111101 111011 1111110 111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 28
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 228
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, det, saa, og, ham, l, zephyr are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines kken, ve, rk, zephyr are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases lympha, zephyr connect the lines.

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  • summary of En Skyggefuld, Venlig Plads, Dybt Inde I Skoven;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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