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

Den korte, lyse Mainat
Over Skovens dunkle Træ'r...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXa bXXcXbXX dXXXXeXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXeXX XXXXXada fXXXXXXX XfXfXXXc XdXdXeXe XXXXXgXg cXXXXXXX XhXXfXXX iXeXXeXX XcXXXXXX XXXXfXXX XXXXXhXX XXXXXXXX jeXXXXXX iXXeXXXX XXXXXXXX fXXXXXXX XhXXXXXf XXXXXXXX XjXXXXXX XbXbXXXh XXXXXhXh cXXeXXXe XXfXXaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110 1010101 110111 1111 1101000 111101 11001 11111 110111 11110 111010 11011 11101 111101 110110 111100 11111 11101 11001 100111 1111010 110111 110111 11111 111111 10111 101111 11111 111010 111111 1101110 1001111 111100 11111 1111111 110010 11010 1111 111100 110101 11011 1111 111010 11101 11111 11101 101001 110111 10110 11111 111011 110110 11001 11111 1111100 1011 1010110 11101 1111 111011 110110 1110100 11101 1101101 11111 110111 1101110 11111 110111 11001 1101 111111 1111110 110110 11110 110010 1111010 11111 111110 11111 11111 11101 110101 1101 1101010 0111 110110 11111 1101110 110001 111 110111 1101110 111111 11110 11101 1111 110101 110101 101001 1111110 11101 11110 111 111110 110001 11110 111111 111110 111100 111110 1101 100111010 1111 1111 11111 110110 11111110 110111 11011 1101110 110001 111010 11011 110111 110111 110110 11110 1111110 111100 11110 110111 110101 11111 0101 111111 1111011 110111 111111 11001 1101110 100111 11010 11001 11101 111111 111111 11011 01101 11001 110110 1111110 11110 111011 111110 11111 111110 111001 111110 11011 111110 11011 111110 11101 111110 11111 111111 11101 01011 111101 11011111 101110 111110 1101100 01111 111111 110111 111011 111100 1110111 01111 11101 1111010 11111 11011 1111 001111 1111110 11111 111001 1111111 11111 1100110 11111 11111 10111 11111 111100 11010 1111 110110 1101 1100010 11011 10111110 11101 11110 11101 110101 11110 11101 1101 11010 11111 11011 11011 1111 101001 11101 110111 110110 1001 1100010 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 28
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 224
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; han, det, og, om are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words han, hvor, om, og, i, en are repeated.

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

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