This is an analysis of the poem O Hvor Smukt Dette Landskabs Form I Sit Dæmrende Mørke! that begins with:

O hvor smukt dette Landskabs Form i sit dæmrende Mørke!
Denne forvittrede Eeg, hyllet i viftende Grønt!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111011111 11001101101 101011110001 1101010110111 10001110001 111101110001 1100111001011 11100100111110 101011010001 100111111101 1111101101 11111111000 111101110111 110111111001 1111011011011 11011001011111 10101111111 11101101111111 111101111111 10111001011111 111111101101 110101111101 101111011011110 10011111001 1111010000 10001011100110 111110110110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1415
  • Average number of words per stanza: 276
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase strax connects the lines.

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  • summary of O Hvor Smukt Dette Landskabs Form I Sit Dæmrende Mørke!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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