This is an analysis of the poem Forord that begins with:

Alt længe disse Blade laae
Hos mig, saa dybt i Gjemmet;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXXX XXXX bXXX cXcX XXXX XXXa XXXb XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 1111110 11011101 1011110 01101101 11100 110101 111111 11111111 1101010 1101111 100110 1101011 110100 11111011 110110 11011111 11111 11010101 111101 11111001 111111 10111101 111011 0110111 11011 11011100 110111 01001111 11101 1101110 111111 1011110 101111 1100111 101101 1101111 1010110 11111101 111110 110111 111100 1111111 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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, dem, de, en are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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