This is an analysis of the poem Poesien that begins with:

Hvad er det sande Stof for Poesien?
Af Tanker fuld er jo Philosophien;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111110 1101011000 111011011 110011111 1101111000 1001100100 10000010110 0101000110 11110011110 1010001000 1101001101 10111001 11001101 1101111111 1101110001 1111011100 1111111 100011000 101011101 110111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; det is repeated.

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

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