This is an analysis of the poem Ridderen Ved Kulsvierhytten that begins with:

I Skoven sidder en Kulsvierqvinde;
De Bøge beskytte for Østenvinde....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX aXXX XXXX XXXa XXXX XXXX XaXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXbb XXaX bbXX XXXX XaXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101100 0110110 1100101110 11011110110 11101101 110011101 11110101 111101111 111101101 1111011 1111111 10111011 1111010110 111101100 111111011 1111111 10111100 01011110 01111110 111111001 1101011011 11100111 011011001 11111101 010101110 1111011100 11011011 11111110 111110111 110110101 111101101 111101111 11111111 11001110 1101011110 1101101101 11111111 11110111 11110111 110101001 011111111 1111111111 10111111 1100011101 11111101 11110101 111101101 11011101 11011101 11011110 111101110 1011101000 110111101 1111111 11111101 110111101 11111101 11111011 01111101 01111100 110111110 11011010110 1100111111 11111110 010111101 1111111111 1101011011 110110111 1111011010 1111011000 110111110 111101110 111111000 111011000 110111001 100010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, hun, han, i, ged, snart are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words de, du, snart, han are repeated.

    The author used the same word mens 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 rger, re, der, kker, gtig, rde, le, ged, nder are repeated).

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

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