This is an analysis of the poem Manden Ved Kilden that begins with:

Det er saa lummert og saa tungt,
det brænder stærkt deroppe....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXaX XXXXXXXX XbXbXXXb XXXXXXXX XXXXXXbX XXXXcXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX X XXXXcXXXX dX XX dX XX XXX XXXXXXXXXXXaXXX XXX Xe Xe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,1,9,2,2,2,2,3,15,3,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110111 11110 0101111 11011 01011111 1111000 111111 111110 11011101 0111 11010101 110011 0110101 110110 1110111 1100010 1101111 110101 11010001 11111 11110 1100100 11010001 110101 111101 111101 11111111 111010 11011101 111101 11011100 110001 1011111 1111 10111101 110111 1111111 11110 1011011 1111100 11100101 110111 11100111 111101 1011100 11001 111110 111111 11111111 110111 11011111 111100 1111111 11110 1111100 110110 11010111 11011 11011100 110111 1101101 1101110 11111000 1101010 1010010111110 10 11000 101 1110 11110 1110 110 11000 11100 010 1010 10 11110 010 011 10 11110 111 111111101 01111111101 1110 11101 101011 1101011011 011 11101 1110111 100111 100 110 010111 101101 101101 11101 101011 111 1011111 1111 110 1111 11 01111
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 107
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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, var, hun, saa, jeg, den, som, r, hvilken are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words det, hun, jeg, som, ludvig are repeated.

    The author used the same words ludvig, en at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ngsel, r, nder are repeated).

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

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  • summary of Manden Ved Kilden;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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