This is an analysis of the poem Torsten Og Trine that begins with:

Ved Lysets svage Lue, bag lukte Vindveskud,
Sad Trine i sit Kammer og sukkede til Gud...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXXX bbbX ccXX dXbX XXXX XXXd aaXX XXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 1101111100 11111011011 110111111101 11111011110 11111111101 11011111011 111111110 111111101 10111011011 11010011111 111110111001 11110110101 111101110110 10011111 11011101001 11011111111 11111110111 111111010 10111011111 111110111 11110111101 1111111011 110110110100 11001011111 11111111001 11111011111 110110110011 11110111101 100111011111 110111101 11011011111 11111011111 111111111 110101101 0101001101 1101111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; han, de, og are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines n is repeated).

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  • summary of Torsten Og Trine;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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