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

Smag? Smagen! ville vistnok Flere sige;
Vi leve netop jo i Smagens Rige....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX Xaaa XXXa XXXa XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011011 111011101 1100111100 11010110000 1110011111 111011011 111011110 11010101010 111001110 1111111010 111111100 110111000 10010100010 11110001010 11111101010 11110001010 111111111 111101111 11110101010 11010111010 11011000 111010111 11010101110 1100100110 111111110 111100110 11011101 111010111 1110011010 11100111010 111111111 1101010111 110111110 1110000111 1000110011 111000011 111111100 1111110010 1101011100 1100101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; du, som, i, den, med are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words vi, med are repeated.

    The author used the same words smag, 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 nne, der are repeated).

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

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