This is an analysis of the poem Fjeldspringet that begins with:

Hvor Granskoven kneiser langs op ad Bjergets Skrint,
Og Elven slaaer sit Skum mod den stenede Klint,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX aaXX XXXb XXcc aXXb cXXX aXXX XXdd XXaX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110010111101 11011111101 1101011110 1010111101 011110101101 101111111 01110111111 111111101 1101101110 111001110111 111111111 1011111111 10011101101 11011011011 01111110111 111111101001 1011101011 1101110101 11001010111 1101101111 1001111101 11110111001 110110110101 1111111001 11010101101 101111111011 11101011011 1110111101 11011110001 11110111110 10101011101 11111011001 11110110110 10111111101 111010110111 1101010111101 1011111111 1101111101 1101111111100 111111111010 1101110110111 111111111 1011111100 11010001101 0110010111101 1110010111000 0111010110001 111101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; til, n, han, h, og, d, i are repeated.

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

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

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