This is an analysis of the poem Tidlig Skilsmisse that begins with:

Det var den aarle Morgen.
I Teltet stod Dragonen...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXX bXcX XXXX XXXd bXXX XaXX XXXc XaXX XbXX XXXX XaXa eXXX aXXX XXXX eXbX XXbX aXXX XaXa XXXX XXXX dXXX XcXc XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 1101100 110100 1101100 111110 10111000 1111110 1011000 111110 11001 111110 11001 11011 01001 11100 10010 1101110 11001 111100 11110 101110 101111 1111 111111 1111110 1001110 011011 1111010 111110 111011 111110 1101011 111110 1101110 01101 1101110 100110 100110 110011 110100 11110 111100 1100110 110010 11011 11101 11110 11111 111101 01001 111100 110101 110110 1111010 1111010 1011101 1101110 1001110 111000 110110 1111110 1101010 11110 100110 1111100 1101110 1101010 1001110 101110 111110 10111 1101100 1001 110110 1101010 1100110 1111010 110110 1111 1101100 100100 111010 100110 111110 1100010 11011 1100010 111101 1111110 11001 110110 110111 110111 11101 1111 110111 1111010 11111 0110110 11011
  • Amount of stanzas: 25
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 103
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hun, i, med are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hun, det, med are repeated.

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

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

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