This is an analysis of the poem Et Genre-Billede that begins with:

Det sused i Lindenes glindsende Blad.
Høit Gjøgen den kukked og Bogfinken qvad....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX aXXXX XXbbc XXXXX XXXXX cXXXc ccXXc XXXXX aaXXX XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101100101 1111011001 10010 110010 111001101 110111011 1101011001 1110 11100 1111101111 11011011011 11011011011 10011 11111 111111111 110101111 111111001 111110 11010 110111011 1110111 111111111 11111 1111 1111111101 111111101 110111111 10010 1111 1101101101 110111111 1101011 11111 11011 1101110011 111111101 1110101111 11011 111110 11111111111 111011000 1111011011 1111 11011 011111111 11011011011 1111111011 11111 11111 111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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, i, jeg, saa are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines n, r, re are repeated).

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

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