This is an analysis of the poem En Ven that begins with:

Hvor Fensmark hæver sit Kirketelt
Med den røde Top imod Sky,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XbXb XcXc XcXX XXXX XdXX XeXe XXXf cfXf bXbX XXXX XcXX dgXg ffff eXec XhXh Xfff XXXf XfXf XXXX cXXX ffXX fXfX ffXf XXXX XXfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011100 1111101 110101100 1110101 11110111 111101 11101010 11111 1101111 1111011 1111111 11101011 111110101 1111111 11001111 1111011 1101111 1101111 111101011 1111101 1111111 1111111 1111111 110111 1111111 1111101 1111111 111111 1110111 11100111 1111101 101111 11101111 111101 1101111110 11110011 11010111 1100011 110111111 1011001 1011111011 1111011 1111111 111101 1111101111 11011011 1111111111 1101111 110110111 11101101 110111111 10111101 1111111 11011001 1111111 1111011 010111111 111110 1110111 1110111 10110111 1111111 110111110 1101010 1111100 1101101 110101111 111011 111111111 11111010 110111111 111101 11111111 111111 110111101 1111111 110111111 1111101 111110111 111110 111101101 1011110 011111101 11011 1111111101 1111111 110011110 11111001 1111111 111001 11111101 1011111 11011111 1110101 111111111 111111 111111 110111 111101111 1111111 111111011 1101010 111111111 101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 26
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 104
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; og, han, d, jeg, de, hans, den, saa, blev are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of En Ven;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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