This is an analysis of the poem Mine Mestere that begins with:

Ewald.
Den unge Phantasie blev først udklækket...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XXXXXbXX X cXcXXbXX X XXXXXXdX d XXXXbXXX X aXXXXacX d XXXXeXXX X dfdfXfXX XeXXXeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 11101110 1110010001 11111100 011110010 1111000100 11101011 1111011111 11111100 11 111111110 110011101 11110111110 1000110110 1111101000 11111011 111111001 111110111 010 111101101 1101100111 11110110 110011101 1110111 110110001 10010111010 1100010100 10 111111111 111111011 111110011 1110011100 110111101 1101011101 1111001101 1111111010 100 110001111 1111011100 1101111010 10011111 1110111010 100110011 11101111 010111101 10 111111101 1101110101 1101011101 111110110 1100110001 111001101 11000110101 11111100 1 110000110 110110111 01101100010 010111011 11001111 1111011001 11110101010 0111010101 111011101 111111111 1111110101 10101110 100110001 11101011 1111100111 1111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; som, kan, du, i, din are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Mine Mestere;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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