This is an analysis of the poem Beskrivelsen that begins with:
Dig, vil man, jeg skal beskrive?
Give atter Skjønhedstrækket,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXa XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110 11010 1100110 1111011 1010111 1110101 10111 110111 11011110 101101 11001110 111011111 1011100 11100110 101111 10101110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.
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- summary of Beskrivelsen;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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