This is an analysis of the poem Eros Fløitespiller that begins with:

En lille Steen Du her modtage,
Et Blad kun af en svunden Flor,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXXX XbXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXX XXXXab XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110010 11111101 1111011 11100111 1111110 11111111 110111000 1111111 11110111 1111111 1101011 11011001 10010111 1101011 11011101 1101110 1111010 11110 1111110 111111 101101 1110111 101 1011 101101101 111111 111111 11101101 11110 10100 111001011 1011011 1111101 11011111 10100 1010 10111101 1010011 111101 101101011 101010 10010 10111101 100111 1110011 10111011 10010 1010 1111111 1101101 0111011 100101011 1010 10010 1011111011 1101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines vende is repeated).

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  • summary of Eros Fløitespiller;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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