This is an analysis of the poem Den Uforsigtige that begins with:

Jeg vidste at parere,
Naar Amor Buen spændte;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110 11011 11011 110111 110110 110111 101101 111100 1101110 110101 1111110 1111 11111 1111110 1111100 1101000 1101000 1101111 1101011 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.

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

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

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  • summary of Den Uforsigtige;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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