This is an analysis of the poem Klynk Og Klage that begins with:

Jeg laae i Foraarsskoven
Ved Stranden, paa den grønne Eng;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXababa XXXXXXXa XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX aXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111000 1101111 110110 0111111 111111 111101 11111 1110111 11111 1101110 110110 11011001 01011 11011110 111111 1111111 111011 1110111 111101 1101111 1101100 11101111 1101110 01010011 11111 1101011111 11111 1111011 111111 11011101 111101 11111101 111111 11111100 11101 1101111 101100 11011101 11101 111111 101011 0111111 1111 1111011 1011010 1110111 110101 1101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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; det, at, og, min are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word sang at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Klynk Og Klage;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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