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

Der var saa luunt og hyggeligt,
Der var saa elegant,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XXXX XXXX XXXb XXXX XXXX XXXX XcXd XXXX bXbd aXXX XeXe XXXX cXcX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111100 111100 10011000 111111 111000 11110 010100 1101101 111111 01011001 10101 101101 01111 11111 1101 11111 110111 110110 11001 011111 1111100 11111 1100100 1111 111001 1100111 11011 11011 11011100 11101 1111010 111111 1110101 1101101 11111 11101 111101 11101 10111 10111 11011 11010 110001 100111 110111 10101 11011 110111 1101010 11011 1101100 11111 111101 111101 111001 111110 111011 111101 1011110 110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; og, med are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words hist, i, og at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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