This is an analysis of the poem Til Madam M. Zinck that begins with:

Den stærke Tro paa Aanderne er svunden,
Og Eventyrets Alfer maatte flygte,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXXX XXa XXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 111110010 110001011 1100010111 10011111110 1111101100 110111111 10111111 11111100010 1111011010 110101111 100110111 11001111 1101100111 111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; vi is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Til Madam M. Zinck;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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