This is an analysis of the poem Fristelserne I Ørken that begins with:

Hvi stander du der,
Ved phantastiske Bæk,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXaXbXXaXacdXXX XXXXXXeafafXfgg XXXXXdXXhXiiXXXiaXaXXXXXXdXXcX XbfXh XeXX XiXi jXjX XXXX XbgX XXXX XkXk XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXhXXllXXXXbXXX Xa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,15,30,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,28,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001 11001 11011 1101 1101 1101 1101 01001 1001 11011 11111 11101 111 11011 1101 110111 1111 1101 111 1101 10 1011011111 1011101011 111111101 10101010111 111011111 1101111111 1100111011 101101101 1011111011 11111111101 111110011 0111011101 111011111 1011011111 100 11011011 100110001 10010011 10011110 10111111 1110101 100101011 10111101 11111001 1111 11001 111101 1100 1011100 111011101 1011001 10010101 111011011 10111101 111001111 101011011001011 111 100100100111 1110001 1111011101 111111001 11001 11011 011100111 10 111111 101001 01111 1110011 111101 111101 101111 1110111 111111010 11111 1110010 11011 101111 1111111 101111 011111 1110111 11111 1010101 101011 111110111 11001 111011 1011101 101110 11111101 111011 1111010 111111 101101 1111101 11111 1000 1100 110100 110 1101010 11010 11001111111 11001111 1001111110 101011010 10101111 111101 111101 11110 111111 1101100110 1111110111 10111 111111111 01111 11110101 11 101 1 1111110 1111 111111 11110110111 100 1111101111001101011111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 296
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 130
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; af, hvortil, de, seer, den, du, dig, jeg, hvi are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hvortil, mere, seer, hvi are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ber, m, lger are repeated).

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  • summary of Fristelserne I Ørken;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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