This is an analysis of the poem Med En Pen that begins with:

Du trænger ei til Stav og Støtte,
Og derfor faaer Du ingen Stok;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaX XbbX aXXa XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111111 11010101 0111101 11110111 0111111 111111 01110011 11011101 01111110 11111111 111111 110111010 11101111 111111 1111101 1011011 11011111 10110111 1110111 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; du, og, dit are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word dit is repeated.

    The author used the same word du at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Med En Pen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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