This is an analysis of the poem Elskeren Og Druiden that begins with:

Her hvor i stille,
Dæmringudspredende Skygger...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXX XXXXX XaXbXXXXX XXXXc XdXdXXXXXXXXX XXXXXbXXcXbcbbc XXXXXXaaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXcXc XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXbXXXXXdXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,5,9,5,13,15,29,13,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111 100010 101010110 1101001 0111 11101101 1011111001 01010 11010110100 10101 10 1111 101 110110110 101111010 100 1011 1110111 1010 1110111 1111 1111 11110101 111011 10 1111 101111 11101101 10110011 100 1011 11 10111011 11101 0011 101110 10101101 111011 1111 101 10111101 111111 10 1011 1111 111111010 101111 10010 101111011 1101001001 1101 11110 11001110 1111000 111101010 111011010 11101 100 101 00101101 101101110 11011101 11010 1110101 111100101 1111010 1011 1011101 10111011 01110111 111011 1111111 111 1110111 101101111 11101101 11 01111111 101011 0111 111010011 101011 1001 11 1001111011 1111010 10 10110 1110111 111111010 111111 1111101 1111111 1011 111101 1111011011 111100111111 11111101 101101101 100 11110111 1011110110 101111110 1011010100 101101111 1011110110 11111010 101101111 1011111010 1110 11110111 11100111 1111101 111101110 111111011 110111101 1111011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 442
  • Average number of words per stanza: 73
  • Amount of lines: 117
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; er, ei, og, du, de, phyllis, det are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, phyllis, sig are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de, ver are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word e at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Elskeren Og Druiden;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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