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

Nei, Karen! gaae ei bort i Nat,
I Skoven fælt det hvæser;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX aXXX XXXX bXbX XXXX XcaX XXXX XXcX dXdX eXXX XXXX XaXX fgfX aXaX XXXX XgXX fXXX XhXh aXaX cXgX XXXX XaXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX gXXX XXXX hXXX hXhX aXXX cXXX XcXX XXXa XXcX gXXg XcXc XXXX Xege aXXb XXXX aXXX XgXg XXXX XXcc XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 110111 1101011 101111 110111 11111 1111011 1101010 10111110 11111 01111111 011111 01011101 010010 11110101 10111 1111111 11111 1111101 101101 1101111 111110 111011111 1111010 1111111 111001 1111111 11001 1110111 110111 1101011 11111 1101011 1101110 1001011 100110 11111111 1111 111101 110100 11001101 110111 111001 110111 10110111 111101 11011101 111110 11111101 0111 1111101 111101 111111 11111 1110011 1101100 111111 11111 1111111 11111 1111111 111101 1111111 11111 1110111 1101110 1111100 1101010 1111111 110111 11011101 1111 1101111 1111110 11011111 100010 1110110 111 01110111 111101 1100111 111110 1111001 1101110 011011 01101 010101 0101110 01010111 010101 111111 11101 1101111 1101110 1101101 110110 11000111 110111 1101101 110011 11110100 11111 11011111 011101 1111111 1111 110111 110101 11010111 110110 1111101 111110 11000111 11010 11011100 1111010 110111 1111010 1101101 11110 11011111 11110 1111010 1101110 11110111 11111 11111101 11111 11011111 1111110 1010110 1111100 11010110 11011 11011101 11011 11011110 110111 1111101 1111 10011011 110111 1110111 111101 1101011 110111 111111 1111001 11011010 110110 1011011 11110 11111111 11111 11110111 11111 1011111 111101 1101111111 111111 011111 01110 11110111 111110 11111111 1101110 101111110 110101 10011101 11011 1111111 111101 111101001 11011 11010111 110111 1101110 1101110 10010111 1101010 11011111 111100 11111111 1101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 46
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 184
  • 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; jeg, med, og, hun, det, en, de, var, du are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words med, det, de, saa, og, du are repeated.

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

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

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