This is an analysis of the poem Tak For Sidst, Til Carl Ploug that begins with:

Selv seer jeg heelt klarligt, hvor lidt jeg er Mester,
Jeg holder ei Værksted, ei Svende jeg fæster,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXbXbXXXXXXXbXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110111010 110111111 11111111 11011111111 1111011011 111111111 1111011010 111111110 111111111 0111101111 11001011111 1100111011 1101010010 1101110110 110111001 010111111 110101111 11111110110 0101011111 111011011 11001101101 110111101 110101101 01010111 01111111 111110011 01011101 010111011 110111110010 111110010 11111011011 110111101 11101101 111111111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1447
  • Average number of words per stanza: 299
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg, og, med, dig, du, de are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d, vt, gten are repeated).

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  • summary of Tak For Sidst, Til Carl Ploug;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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