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

Lagt seent til Ro, Du alt ved Morgenrøden
Med Naalen sysler eller Strikkepinde...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111011100 1101010100 110101111 110111100 110111101 1001110101 1101111101 11111101 1111111100 11111011 0110111110 1111011011 11111011 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; den, og are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines den is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word den at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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