This is an analysis of the poem Teklas Sang that begins with:

Dybt Skoven bruser og Skyen gaaer.
Ved Strandens Blomsterbred Pigen staaer....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaX bcXXX deX feXX dXXXX X dXXXXa Xa dXXXXc fg dXXXX fX dXX XdXhb XX fX Xii fX XX fg XX X XggXXdhdXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,3,4,5,1,6,2,6,2,5,2,3,5,2,2,3,2,2,2,2,1,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 110100101 110011111 111011111 1110100 110011111011 0101011110 0101111111 1111101101 111110110 10 101111101 110110 010 101 101001011 1101010 10 10111100 111110010 111111 101011101 01010 10 11111001 11011101 11110011011 11110111 1100101111 0101001 101010011 10 101111101 11101111 10101110111 11111110 1010 010 11111 10 111111010 1001011 110111101 1100 010 11111 10 111111111 1 010111101110101110 11110001 111101110 111101111 111001111 10 11 010 1 10 1101 0111101111 010 1110101 10 11111101 010 011101011 10 110111100 0101 10 1111101101 1000111 101101111 11101101 10101111 10111011 11111101 111111110 101101101 11110111 11001000110 1001110100 011101110 1011010100 10111111 1101101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 87
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; har, til, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word v is repeated.

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

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