This is an analysis of the poem Et Sendebrev that begins with:

Det som sig lønligst rører,
Men som kun hviskes bør;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXXabX XaXXXcXX XXXXXXXX XdXdXXXX XeXeXaXa XeXXXXXc XXXXXXXX XaXXXXXX XXXXXXXe XXaXXXXX XeXXXcXc bXbcXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 111101 11011 11111 11001 110101 110101 11111 10111 11100 110101 11111 1101000 0111111 111110 11111 1101110 110111 111010 111101 1111100 111111 1101000 11110 11110 11110 1111111 11011 11011 11011111 111111 110101 1111 11101 111101 11111 110111 110100 110011 110100 1111 1101 11110010 1111 111111 11001 11110 101101 1101010 110101 111110 11100 0101110 111110 111110 1111 11001 10100 10111 111100 0111 110100 110011 1101 110111 110111 110110 11101 0101100 110111 1111000 110111 111100 11011 1111000 110110 111100 11100 110111 11011 111100 11011 100111 110110 101111 111100 10011 11100 111111 11111 0011111 11011 11111 11111 111101 11011 1101110 11111 110010 11111 111110 1111011 111110 11100
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 104
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; r, det, da, for, jeg, sin are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words en, det, og, da, der, sin are repeated.

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

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