This is an analysis of the poem Mesteren Kommer that begins with:

Den store Mester kommer;
Fuldkjærlig er hans Id:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXX XXXb XXXX aXbX aXXX AbXX XXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010 100111 11011000 110111 111101 11111 11011100 1101111 110111 110100 11011 1101011 110110 11011 1101101 111101 11110 11010 110111 1101111 111010 110111 11011000 11111 1111000 11111 111110 1011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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; han, da are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words han, da, saa are repeated.

    The author used the same word han at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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