This is an analysis of the poem Til Digteren Andersen that begins with:

Du træder paa en farlig Bane,
Som Middelveien taaler ei;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXXX XXXXXXXX bXbXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111101 1100101 1101011 1010101 11100110 1110101 111111 1011101 11111011 11001101 1001111 1011111 1111101 1111100 11111101 1111110 1101011 1111101 11010101 11001111 11111111 1101111 111110 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 257
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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 is repeated.

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  • summary of Til Digteren Andersen;
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  • history of its creation;
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