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

I Skyggen, under Myrtens Hang,
Sad Rollo med sin Elskerinde,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbX bXXXcX XbbXXX XadXXX XXXXee XXXXXb XXXXXX cXbXXX XXXXXc eXeXbb XXXXcc XXXXXb fgfgdX XXXXbX XbXbXX XXbXXX XeXXXX XXXXbX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11011100 1100010 1101111 11001101 11011101 0111101 11111101 11111101 110111 1110101 11011100 1101011 010111 11111101 01111101 1111111 11011101 1100011 1111011 1110001 1110101 11110110 11011101 1111110 10011110 11011101 110100110 1111101 110100 11111011 11011101 1101111 11010010 110111 11001001 1100011 11011101 1110111 1111101 11111101 1111101 11011101 11011101 11011101 1001101 111111 11011011 10011101 1111000 111111 110101010 1101011 1101101 111111 11000110 11110100 1101001 11111101 11110001 10010100 11011111 0111101 1100101 11001100 1101111 111111 101100010 1111101 101101110 11110100 110111 11011101 11010110 1100011 11111010 11011101 0101111 11110101 11010101 1101111 11100101 0111101 11110100 01110111 110111 11011101 1111101 1101111 1111101 11000111 11001100 10111101 01111110 0110111 1010011 1111001 1101111 1110100 11010001 110111 11111101 111101 1111101 111011 01011111 1111101 11010100 11011101 11111 1101011 1111101 11111100 11000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 114
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i, og, d, af, de, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hun, han, af, de, og, da are repeated.

    The author used the same words i, men 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 rd is repeated).

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

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