This is an analysis of the poem Violinspilleren Ved Kilden that begins with:

Saa maaneklar og stille
Laae Natten over Eng;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXXXXX XcXcXDXX XdXXXDXd XXXXXXXX XdXXXDXX eXXXXXef XXXXXXdX cdXXdXXX XXaXbXaX cfcXXXXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 110011 110101 11111 11111 1101 111 11101 111100 0101110 11110 1101110 110111 10110 1101 111110 11100 011110 11011 111110 111111 1110 1101 1111110 11111 01101 110111 11111 110111 1111 111 11111 111111 011111 110101 111101 11111 1110 1101 11111101 11111 100101 0111 11111 001111 1111 1101 110111 11101 01101 11111 110011 11011 111 1011 01111 11101 111101 11001 111110 111110 1101 1101 1101010 100101 111110 101111 1111010 1111110 1101 111 1111110 111 111101 11101 11101 110111 1111 1101 11011 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • 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; og, den are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word du at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of Violinspilleren Ved Kilden;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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