This is an analysis of the poem Til En Kilde that begins with:

Rislende Kilde! hvad tænker Du paa?
Lokket af Himlens forræderske Blaa...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX aXXXX XXXXX aXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 10110101 100111110 0111101 111111 101101011 11110111 11110010 10010111 10110110 1011111 101101011 10110 10111111 1100110 1011011 1001101011 10111 111111011 11101 1011111 1011011111 1001111 111011011 11101 1010111 111101110 110110 1111111011 1011011 1010111 10110111 1001010 1001011011 1001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • 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; af, du, og, g are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines b, g are repeated).

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

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